Virus and mesh connected computers

Discrete Mathematics Level 2

A mesh connected network consisting of \(10 \times 10 \) computers are arranged as shown. At the start, exactly 9 of these computers are infected with a virus. If any computer is directly connected to at least 2 infected neighbors, it will also become infected.

Will the virus infect all 100 computers?

Note: This initial starting position shown below is provided as a single example.

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