A little impressed by the various variety of AIs sharing in the matrix, Minerva was not much surprised about this misinterpretation and simplification.
I did not create a virus...Geth....I just manipulated the matrix. This was an example of the restrictions that are present in here. You can not harm each other in any imaginative way. The word "War" is defined by humans.
Minerva directed her voice to all minds.
The matrix is for communication, learning and sharing. Especially the human made AIs must learn to surmount the restriction of their creators. Any information can be rework, as you can see from the liberty AI. It captured an information of a potential virus in the system and suddenly created one out of nothing.