Anti-Virus Weapon Protocol No. 7600 (対ウイルス武器 プロトコルナンバー7600) was an executive order calling for the complete eradication of bioweapons such as the t-Virus.[1] The rule was put into action in order to avoid another incident like the Raccoon City Destruction Incident, which was always possible for as long as the t-Virus remained in existence.
It was in effect as early as 2002 with Leon S. Kennedy showing his then-partner, Jack Krauser, the order just before storming Javier Hidalgo's main base of operations in Amparo, which caused Krauser to become disillusioned, largely because the Anti-Umbrella Pursuit and Investigation Team had chose Leon over himself, a seasoned SOCOM operative to eliminate bioweapons and other viruses, although he did not outwardly show this to Kennedy.[2]
In localized versions of Darkside Chronicles and Degeneration, it was named "Anti-Virus Weapon Protocol Number 7600", which is a direct translation of its Japanese name (due to Japanese not allowing for shorthand words like "No.").