Not exactly, though you could loosely construe it to be an agent of that evil I suppose.  It acts like a virus, but seems to have consciousness and can traverse person-to-person.  It's more like a very intelligent parasite that can read your mind and is killing it's host.  The natural state of humanity is feeling from the heart, not the head.  What's in the head isn't always as it seems.    Stop talking to yourself.  End the mind-chatter.  It's hard, but very well worth it.