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Colloquially? I don't think so.

• Twisell 4y ago
  When asked about that by the colloquial layman my answer is generally : Virus can self execute, replicate and spread (like biological ones) while malware (layman also refer to troyans) need user actions and unawareness to execute. Am I totally wrong?
  • clnq 4y ago
    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).
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    • Twisell 4y ago
      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.