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Outside. They don’t have all characteristics necessary for the definition of “life” (they can’t reproduce themselves), so they aren’t classified as life-forms.
Were do viruses fit in the “tree of life”?
Outside. They don’t have all characteristics necessary for the definition of “life” (they can’t reproduce themselves), so they aren’t classified as life-forms.
Probably as a stripped down bacteria.