Canonically, Malware lean more towards slow-attacking weapons with high damage. Unlike the Viruses, they prioritize collecting Bits over Program Hearts, but they do not ignore Program Hearts entirely. They also prioritize looting and capturing places over complete destruction, unlike the Viruses. Due to this, they tend to have more captured Programs and other enslaved entities than Viruses do, and have more Bits at their bases than Program Hearts. malware are made of a stonelike texture. 