Well, 1stly, we can be more realistic and have viruses explode the bot at a certain no. of viruses, as the bots surface is made up of those 'panels'
We could also give each bot species a specific protein pattern (aka code) on the outside of them (of course which would change SLIGHTLY when they reproduce) then we'd be identifying things like cells, and viruses (as viruses have a protein pattern as well) much more realistically, instead of looking at these imaginary "eyes". This means bots with very well programmed DNA (which has the capability to 'learn') could identify one type of virus, and build immunity to it...We could then have viruses not costing virtually anything to create, but then the viruses actually store some NRG within them, then the higher the stored NRG within them the longer they can last outside of a bot (This would create the decay rate for virus's quickly...)
Also, The idea of a petition is nice panda but remember the community is only about 10 of us. I've played minor flash games which get more plays in a week, and those flash games show up on page 50 of google, not page 1...So a petition isn't nessisarily going to give us a good amount of data...We need to dicuss it, to gain qualitative data. Unless nums sends out some sort of questionnaire to all his google collegues