Malware/Standard

Malware are a species of Corruption. Their goal is to conquer the Dataverse. They are willing to kill anything which stands in the way of their path, including other Corruptions.

Databrawl Battle Zone
Malware are one of the two Corruption factions in Databrawl's Battle Zone, with the other faction being Virus. In-game, they share the exact same stats as Viruses and function identically to the Viruses in gameplay. There are no differences.

Stats
Standard Malware have 100HP and 24 walkspeed.

Lore
Canonically, Malware lean more towards slow-attacking weapons with high damage (This is not reflected in the Battle Zone, however). 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.

According to a QnA done at 11:00 Eastern Daylight Time on 10/29/2021, Malware are made of a stone-like material, contrasting the viruses' crystal material.

In addition to speaking the language of their host computer, in lore, Malware have their own unique language that only fellow Malware can understand.

Weapons/Abilities
Infection - Like many Corruptions, Malware are capable of infecting Programs and other software both when alive and when deceased. However, Malware cannot infect other Corruptions. The corrupting process for Malware, by default, has the property of wiping the past memories of the infected software. Though, there are very rare instances where a piece of Malware-corrupted software may either retain its past memories upon being fully corrupted or have pieces of their past memories brought back into their minds after being triggered by something. When Malware infect other software, the software corrupts into a Malware whose type matches that of the original software (i.e. if a default Malware corrupts a Prettygram, the Prettygram will corrupt into a Meanware).Malware are also known to wield the following weapons and tools:
 * Malware Data Miner
 * Mines
 * Malware BattleAxe
 * Malware Warhammer
 * Malware Sword
 * Malware Knife
 * Data Chunk
 * Data Star
 * Beam Stone
 * Malware Bat
 * Malware Mace
 * Malware Bit Miner
 * Malware Chakram
 * Malware Hatchet
 * Malware Chain

Rank Variants
Class variants can also have different rankings. Malware can move up in their ranking via actively fighting and eating Program Hearts, although it may take years for them to become ready to upgrade. Upon becoming ready and upgrading to a higher ranking, they are provided accessories to match their rank, and their body structure changes somewhat. In order of most basic to highest quality, the list of ranks (after "Standard" rank, the most basic) are:

Advanced Malware
Advanced Malware are upgraded versions of Malware. As their in-game description once stated, they are more difficult to remove from the computer. On February 3rd, 2021, in-game Advanced Malware were changed from standalone characters to Accessories for Malware.

Elite Malware
Elite Malware are the upgrade stage that comes after Advanced.

Master Malware
Master Malware are the upgrade stage that comes after Elite.

Grandmaster Malware
Grandmaster Malware are the upgrade stage that comes after Master.

Prime Variants
The rankings also have an upgraded form called "Prime". The Prime form is the rank at its highest potential, and is an extremely difficult form to obtain. This makes seeing Prime individuals a very uncommon occurrence. An individual in their Prime form cannot be upgraded any further unless updated by their software provider, or unless they train on their own and ascend in rank. Presumably, "Grandmaster Prime" is the highest possible ranking form. Once a Malware has reached Prime form, it gains new physical features such as visible fingers, extra parts, and goes from being pupilless to having a pupil.