Malware is a psychotic and dangerous Galvanic Mechamorph, who is the main antagonist in Ben 10: Omniverse along with Khyber and Dr. Psychobos. He is also the main antagonist in Ben 10: Omniverse: The Video Game. He and Dr. Psychobos are the creators of the Nemetrix.
History[]
Malware was born a mutated and incomplete Galvanic Mechamorph on the Mechamorph homeworld Galvan B. Azmuth had promised him a upgrade to help him with his condition but Malware soon grew impatient and got angry with Azmuth's numerous delays and would eventually come to the Galvan home world Galvan Prime demanding his cure.
He kidnapped Azmuth's assistant Albedo and stole Azmuth's prototype cure, a secondary Helix. Malware took the pair to Galvan B where he forced Albedo to finish the secondary Helix and connect it to the primary Helix. Not only did Malware get his upgrade but Albedo's attempt on his life through sabotage turned him into a even more ferocious creature.
He attempted to absorb the Omnitrix but Ben was able to use Diamondhead to protect it and defeat Malware. Malware would later chase Ben to Earth to get the Omnitrix again but Ben would defeat him as Feedback. During the battle with Ben, Malware acquired a crude, corrupted and incomplete blueprint of the Omnitrix and brought it to a cyborg Cerebrocrustacean named Dr. Psychobos.To this end Dr. Psychobos contacted a Big Game hunter named Khyber to find the DNA samples and gave him the Nemetrix which gave Khyber's Dog the ability to transform into all the predatory species of Ben's Omnitrix aliens. Over the next five years Malware aided Khyber in collecting new DNA samples for the Nemetrix, serving as a distraction when needed.While Malware had the blueprint and Psychobos could recreate the device they didn't have the DNA samples that gave it it's power.
During one such outing where a rare species of predator, known as a Psycholeopterran which preys on Necrofriggian, was in the Mount Rushmore base Malware also acquired a Tachyon Cannon, a powerful Plumbers weapon of last resort with the potential to kill off every human within a hundred miles, mutating into a even more powerful form due to his unstable DNA.
Ben was able to defeat Malware as Feedback by absorbing the energy of the Tachyon Cannon into the base power supply though Malware still got away. The trio used Phil as a test subject for the Nemetrix, but there were dangerous side effects for sapient beings so instead they attached the device to Khyber's alien hunting dog.
When Azmuth came to Earth to talk to Ben about how his constant use of Feedback was negatively affecting his ability to use his other aliens Malware attempted to take advantage and attacked the group. Not only wanting to destroy Azmuth but his most prized creation the Omnitrix, Malware was able to literately rip Feedback out of the Omnitrix.
Enraged at the lost of his favorite alien, Ben overloaded the Omnitrix and jammed it into Malware seemingly destroying him in the process. After a long absence, he appeared with Dr. Psychobos on Earth, talking to Khyber about his failure. Malware, Khyber and Psychobos then returned to their base of operations where they perfected the Nemetrix with a piece stolen from the Omnitrix's core allowing the dog to transform at will.
Malware soon returned to Earth and had Khyber distract Ben while he absorbed a large portion of the Plumbers Database and several of the Proto-TRUK's auxiliary power sources. Malware eventually fought Ben for the first time in 5 years where Ben chased Malware through town where Malware lost him by throwing a fully loaded fuel truck at a school bus forcing Ben to let him go to save the students.
In a short time, Malware, Khyber, and Psychobos infiltrate Galvan Prime using security codes from the data Malware absorbed from the Proto-TRUK. There, they take DNA from the fossils of the Galvans' natural predator, Omnivoracious, and add it to the Nemetrix. When two Galvanic Mechamorph guards try to stop them, Malware absorbs them, leaving them as nothing but gray husks.
While Khyber, Psychobos, and the Dog tried to exact the group's revenge on Azmuth and Ben, Malware destroyed Galvan B.
Appearance[]
Malware is a "negative" version of Upgrade.
Malware was originally a skinny, skeleton-like black and yellow humanoid Galvanic Mechamorph due to an incomplete/broken life code.
When Albedo tried to kill him, via sabotaging the Helix while he was using it to repair his life code, he turned into a negative Galvanic Mechamorph and his body changed drastically. He has a glowing yellow symbol on his chest and neck. Unlike regular Galvanic Mechamorph, his central eye does not glow when talking.
During his third fight with Ben, his appearance has changed and he resembled a dinosaur-like animal. His right hand is a Tachyon Cannon, while his left hand is a sharp claw.
Malware has more of a Godzilla form now.
Powers and Abilities[]
He has negative of all the powers of a regular Galvanic Mechamorph and is shown to be very intelligent. He has a lot of knowledge of the Omnitrix. Unlike most Galvanic Mechamorphs, he permanently absorbs the technology he takes. Unlike most of his kind he has sharp claws and several enhancements. He could also create a blueprint of the Omnitrix which was used to create the Nemetrix. According to him, a normal Galvanic Mechamorph upgrades technology but technology upgrades him instead.
Appearances[]
- Predators and Prey: Part 2 (present debut)
- Outbreak
- Malefactor
- Showdown: Part 1
- Showdown: Part 2 (possible death)
Trivia[]
- He is most likely a picture perfect negative version of Upgrade.
- He seems to have a high understanding of Ben and the Omnitrix.
- He is the only Galvanic Mechamorph with a different color scheme than the usual black and green.
- His voice sounds different in each form. In his original form, his voice sounds crazy and less deep. While his second form has a deep and calm voice (Similar to Megatron from Transformers Animated). His third form has a deep, calm, less robotic voice (Like Count Dooku from Star Wars the Clone Wars).
- Malware seems to be feared by teen Ben, as shown in Of Predators and Prey: Part 2, when Ben was shocked that Malware was involved in the creation of the Nemetrix, and for the second time when Ben confronts him in Malefactor, where his voice trembles and he backs away in fear.
- Every time Malware appears in flashback, Feedback appears too.
- In some ways Malware is similar to the Daleks from Doctor Who. This is because:
- He was a defective/mutated member of his original race, but was made more powerful than his counterparts by a scientist. Similarly, the Daleks were mutants or a race called 'Kaleds', and were made strong again by a scientist called Davros.
- He hates his own kind for their 'inferiority' and wishes them to be destroyed, along with Azmuth, the being who, in part, improved him. And the Daleks destroyed their own kind, believing their new selves to be purest, and succeeded in killing their saviour as well.
- Despite his hatred toward Azmuth, Malware still considers him as father.
- In terms of his nature and abilities, Malware is similar to the character Aptom from the Japanese manga, Bio Booster Armor Guyver, who assimilate living creatures in order to absorb their DNA or genetic traits to acquire their abilities as Malware does with machines or technology. They both can also regenerate from small pieces of themselves.