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Malware also broadly refers to software unwanted by and malicious to the user. So it includes pre-installed auto-executing OEM adware, spyware, and grayware (colloquially also known as bloat).



Interesting so yeah while distinction between virus and trojan can hold, I guess that virus enter the broad malware definition and thus the OP is right.




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