I always wondered how the viruses created by Makuta are made and I came up with a theory. We know how kanoka are made through heating and cooling while removing impurities the reason I am mentioning this is to show how things with powers in the Matoran Universe can be created with somewhat simple methods. And since viruses are said to be knowledge based creations and not power related they are probably protodermis and not antidermis based or related. Viruses have been compared to gaseous antidermis so a part of the process must include turning them into gas. Also viruses have been called computer viruses. So my theory is viruses are made using a process that involves electricity on liquid protodermis similar to the process of electrolysis used on liquids. Besides turning it gaseous this can also account for the powdered form as electrolysis can dehydrate liquids into powder.
There may be a part of the process that includes intense heat possibly involving molten protodermis instead of liquid protodermis since The Order of Mata Nui spread the rumor that the Great Furnace became a virus works. Also Kojol took some viruses to Xia and he was near a furnace though this may have been coincidental. Some parts of the process to making viruses must be easy enough to make them in unfavorable circumstance as in Dark Mirror the Makuta there could still make viruses despite the circumstances they were in and the same applies to Mutran who made a Klakk despite lacking much of the usual equipment he would need after the Shadow Leech Hive was destroyed.
While I do think things such as voltage, the timing of the electrical currents, and what kind of charge the electricity has all have an effect on what the virus would do my idea can be summed up to electrolysis is used on liquid protodermis to create viruses. I am not an expert on electricity but I do think this is a decent theory. So what do you think of this theory of mine?