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Evil Energy was the basis for the Wily Virus (the one Wily put in Zero) (MM8).
The Wily Virus then infected Sigma and mutated into the Maverick Virus (X1).
Sigma survived so long with the infection that it combined with his AI and turned into the Sigma Virus (X2).
Wily came back and helped Sigma create the Zero Virus (X5).
Gate created the Nightmare Virus from infected Zero's remains (X6).
Lumine created the New Reploids based on the Sigma Virus' ability to regenerate (X8).

Keep in mind that the Evil Energy can be either mass or energy, and is hinted to have a mind of its own. Wily translated that into a digital form, what with electricity also being energy, with the bonus of being the medium in which information flows. It's an interesting idea to have a computer virus that is constantly evolving, like a digital Grey Goo apocalypse scenario, but with biological behavior, like a real pathogen.