alis has heard horror stories about interface viruses.
interface viruses do exist. interface viruses are rare. interface viruses function by upsetting the binary/chemical translation in the implanted hardware, creating limited neural short circuits and hallucinations.
short term results are nausea, unconsciousness and fits. long term, wetware viruses can cause severe psychological/brain damage. some cases have resulted in the victim suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. others in permanent mental impairment. others in death.
a month ago 46438, one of alis' colleagues, contracted an interface virus. alis and the others shut off their connections and watched 46438 convulse while performing internal virus checks on their own implants.