The innate immune system recognizes pathological molecular patterns without prior exposure and uses interferon to combat viruses.

“the innate immune system is the one that goes out first gobbles things up and presents it to the Adaptive immune system but there's also something else in the innate immune system that's very important and that is the system that has to do with recognizing damaged molecules and recognizing pathological molecules there are certain pathological patterns PM is pathologic iCal Associated molecular patterns that the innate immune system recognizes without ever having seen it and it can take those things out and the greatest tool that the innate immune system has to take those things out is something called interferon”