Virus

The virus icon represents a computer virus or malware, often used in the context of cybersecurity and computer security. This icon is part of the Material Design Icons library and is used to denote threats to computer systems or networks. The icon's design is simple and recognizable, making it suitable for various applications.

In software applications, the virus icon might be used in antivirus software, cybersecurity tools, or educational resources. For example, an antivirus program might use the virus icon to represent a detected threat. This icon provides users with a quick way to identify potential security risks.

From a UX perspective, the virus icon communicates the idea of a threat or risk to computer systems or data. It helps users understand that they are interacting with information related to cybersecurity or potential malware. The recognizable design of the icon ensures that users can quickly identify security-related content.

Virus is one of 7,638 icons in Material Design Icons, made by Pictogrammers and released under Apache 2.0. It is drawn on a 24 × 24 grid.

Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds VirusIcon to components/icons/mdi-virus.tsx: one file, a size prop (24 by default) and every SVG prop, with no icon package.

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed VirusIcon component you paste into your project, with no package to install. Only the icons you import reach your bundle. It works in Next.js and any React app.

Open Get icon, then Copy as code, and pick Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid or Preact; the Code section shows each one too. Every version is one self-contained component with the SVG inside, and SVG and data URL copies are there for plain HTML and CSS.

With Pro, the shadcn.io MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client find the Virus icon, or any of 7,638 Material Design Icons icons, and install it from a prompt.

It's drawn in currentColor, so it takes the text color wherever you use it: a class like text-primary recolors it. To bake a color in, set one in Customize before you copy.

Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 24 × 24 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation.

Yes. It follows the text color, so with text-foreground (or any theme token) it changes with your light and dark themes. The icon is a vector, so it needs no separate dark asset.

Next to a visible label it's decoration: add aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip it. Standing alone, as in an icon button, give the button a name instead, like aria-label="Virus", so screen readers say what it does.

Yes. VirusIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <VirusIcon aria-hidden="true" /> works, and so do role="img" with aria-label, or a title child, when it carries meaning on its own.

Yes. Open Get icon, then Download file: SVG for code or design tools like Figma; PNG, WebP or JPEG at 512px; or an ICO favicon with 16, 32 and 48px inside. Each one uses what you set in Customize.

Yes. Apache 2.0 allows commercial use; keep the license notice when you ship the icons' source files. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

No visible credit is required: Apache 2.0 only asks that you keep the license notice if you ship the icons' source files. Icons installed with the shadcn CLI already start with a comment naming Material Design Icons, Pictogrammers and the license.

Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.

8 other libraries draw an icon called Virus. The Other libraries section on this page shows each one, so you can compare them and open the one that fits your style.

Its tags are security, health, biology, cybersecurity, virus and malware. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Virus in another set.

Material Design Icons draws many icons in several styles: Outline next to the default. Open the library and pick a style above the grid to see Virus's siblings in it.