Changes: Virus

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Viruses are infections in a computer system, usually self-replicating and inclined to spread, which cause the system to malfunction in various ways. In the TRON Universe, virally infected programs have lemon-yellow or greenish-yellow circuitry.

Overview

TRON: Evolution featured a vicious, devastating virus called Abraxas. Abraxas was a former ISO named Jalen, who was reprogrammed by Clu in order to persuade Basics that the ISOs were a threat. Abraxas infected many programs, including Gibson; those programs became known as the Infected.

While most visible and widespread viral devastation in the TRON universe was caused by infected programs, viral (though non-self-replicating) behavior is also seen in the pathogenic code used in TRON: Uprising to infect programs with dormant personality changes, and in Cyrus's dummy identity disc, infected with a virus which electrocuted Beck when he tried to dock it and, despite a quarantine forcefield, managed to break free and compromise Tron's safehouse.

TRON 2.0

Main article: Ball

In TRON 2.0 continuity, a viral infection is caused by J.D. Thorne as a result of his digitizing without the correction algorithms. Thorne himself turned into a virus, and, calling himself a "Master User," he spread this corruption through the ENCOM systems by infecting programs.

TRON 2.0 also has other types of viruses:

Z-Lots are simple viruses. They are usually easy to kill, but they swarm in the masses. They are either created by direct infection, or spawned in by Rector Scripts.
Rector Scripts are more complex viruses. They are very hard to kill, but a headshot with a disc will derez them immediately. They can spawn in Z-Lots, making them even harder to attack.

The main weapons of viruses in TRON 2.0 are Balls. Balls are glowing, green blobs of data that have corrosive and infective properties. Through subroutines, different ball-based weaponry can be used, such as the Ball Launcher and Drunken Dims.

In TRON 2.0: Killer App (Game Boy Advance) a program called "The Corruptor" infects programs, transforming them into infected files .

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+ {{Era|Tron20|TE}}[[File:Virusfhd.png|thumb|250px]]
+'''Viruses''' are infections in a computer system, usually self-replicating and inclined to spread, which cause the system to malfunction in various ways. In the [[Tron Universe|TRON Universe]], virally infected programs have lemon-yellow or greenish-yellow circuitry.
+==Overview==
+[[TRON: Evolution]] featured a vicious, devastating virus called [[Abraxas]]. Abraxas was a former [[ISO]] named Jalen, who was reprogrammed by [[Clu 2|Clu]] in order to persuade [[Basics]] that the ISOs were a threat. Abraxas infected many [[programs]], including [[Gibson]]; those programs became known as the [[Infected]].
+While most visible and widespread viral devastation in the TRON universe was caused by infected programs, viral (though non-self-replicating) behavior is also seen in the [[pathogenic code]] used in [[TRON: Uprising]] to infect programs with dormant personality changes, and in [[Cyrus|Cyrus's]] dummy identity disc, infected with a virus which electrocuted [[Beck]] when he tried to dock it and, despite a quarantine forcefield, managed to break free and compromise [[Tron|Tron's]] safehouse.
- {{Era|Tron20|TE}}[[File:Infected.jpg|thumb|200px]]
+==TRON 2.0==
-'''Viruses''' are infections in a computer system that cause the system to malfunction in various ways. In the [[Tron Universe|TRON Universe]], they always have characteristic green or yellow-green circuitry.
-==Overview==
-In the game [[Tron 2.0|TRON 2.0]] there is a viral infection caused by [[J.D. Thorne]] as a result of [[digitization|digitizing]] without the [[correction algorithms]]. Thorne himself turned into a virus, and calling himself a "Master User", he spreads this corruption through the [[ENCOM]] systems by infecting programs. [[TRON: Evolution]] featured another prominent virus called [[Abraxas]]. Abraxas was a former [[ISO]] named Jalen that was reprogramed by [[Clu 2|Clu]], so that he could persuade his fellow [[Basics]] that the ISOs were a threat. Abraxas infected many [[programs]], including [[Gibson]].
+{{main|Ball}}
-===Types of Viruses===
+In [[Tron 2.0|TRON 2.0]] continuity, a viral infection is caused by [[J.D. Thorne]] as a result of his [[digitization|digitizing]] without the [[correction algorithms]]. Thorne himself turned into a virus, and, calling himself a "Master User," he spread this corruption through the [[ENCOM]] systems by infecting programs.
+TRON 2.0 also has other types of viruses:
 *[[Z-Lot|'''Z-Lots''']] are simple viruses. They are usually easy to kill, but they swarm in the masses. They are either created by direct infection, or spawned in by Rector Scripts.
 *[[Rector Script|'''Rector Scripts''']] are more complex viruses. They are very hard to kill, but a headshot with a disc will derez them immediately. They can spawn in Z-Lots, making them even harder to attack.
-*[[Infected|'''Infec'''ted]] are programs that were infected by Abraxas.
+The main weapons of viruses in TRON 2.0 are Balls. Balls are glowing, green blobs of data that have corrosive and infective properties. Through [[Subroutine|subroutines]], different ball-based weaponry can be used, such as the [[Ball#Ball Launcher|Ball Launcher]] and [[Ball#Drunken Dims|Drunken Dims]].
-==Weapons==
+In [[TRON 2.0: Killer App (Game Boy Advance)]] a program called "[[Corruptor|The Corruptor]]" infects programs, transforming them into [[Infected File|infected files]] .
-{{main|Ball}}
+[[es:Virus]]
-The main weapons of viruses are Balls. Balls are glowing, green blobs of data that have corrosive and infective properties. Through [[Subroutine|subroutines]], different ball-based weaponry can be used, such as the [[Ball#Ball Launcher|Ball Launcher]] and [[Ball#Drunken Dims|Drunken Dims]].
 [[Category:Programs]]
 [[Category:Villains]]
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 [[Category:TRON Universe]]
 [[Category:Types of Programs]]
+[[Category:Canon]]
+[[Category:TRON: Uprising]]