Viral data scavengers
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Viral Data Scavengers are a series of programs available for download at UNSCTTP://EPWW:COLEPROTOCOL/Virtualscav/fbr.091, to be used in accordance with the Cole Protocol.[1][2] It is unknown what these programs are capable of, although it can be assumed that after a commander has deleted the entirety of the Navigational database, as well as all on-board computer systems, the scavengers would sweep through, deleting everything left behind by the deletion software and destroying themselves afterward, in order to complete the protocol.
Sources
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 135
- ^ Halo: The Cole Protocol, page 33