Third, corroborate your information, if there really is cause for concern, legitimate news sources will have already provided information about it. Ignore any messages concerning these viruses. They do not exist. And, do not send any messages to others in regards to any of them. Both are stored as simple numbers.
Data are always benign.
Data can be plain text, formatted text, integers, floating-point numbers, graphic images, sounds, video, etc. Numbers that are used by the microprocessor as instructions or executable-code are different from data only in the way that they are loaded by the operating system into the microprocessor prior to execution. A virus is a program that replicates itself and must be executed to perform its functions. A virus need not cause malicious destruction. Formerly, viruses fell into two categories, program viruses and boot-sector viruses.