virus

As nouns the difference between virus and scareware

is that virus is venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc while scareware is software that attempts to scare the user into compliance, as by displaying false warnings of virus infection.

As nouns the difference between virus and virusoid

is that virus is virus while virusoid is a circular single-stranded rna, similar but not identical to a viroid, dependent on plant viruses for replication and encapsidation.

As nouns the difference between virus and myxovirus

is that virus is virus while myxovirus is any of a group of rna viruses of orthomyxoviridae'' and ''paramyxoviridae families.

As nouns the difference between virus and orthomyxovirus

is that virus is virus while orthomyxovirus is any rna virus of orthomyxoviridae family characterised by having two long glycoprotein spikes.

As a noun virus

is virus.

As an adjective reassorted is

(of a virus) having genetic material from two or more similar viruses.

As nouns the difference between virus and reassortant

is that virus is virus while reassortant is such a virion.

As an adjective reassortant is

(of a virion) having genetic material from two or more similar viruses.

As nouns the difference between virus and coinfection

is that virus is virus while coinfection is simultaneous infection by two viruses.

As nouns the difference between virus and alphavirus

is that virus is virus while alphavirus is any virus of the genus (family togaviridae).

As nouns the difference between virus and simplexvirus

is that virus is virus while simplexvirus is any of the viruses in the genus responsible for herpes simplex in humans.

As nouns the difference between virus and shellcode

is that virus is virus while shellcode is (computing) a small piece of code, used as the payload of a virus or other malware, that launches a shell so that the attacker can control the compromised computer.