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Since viruses cannot create energy, how do they physically infect a cell?

I would imagine there must be some mechanism that actually gets the virus inside the cell. They can't produce energy, so how do they actually get in the cell?

Edit: Thanks for the answers, I didn't respond to them all but I've read them! Viruses are truly awesome.
gpt
Great question! Viruses can have different ways of entering cells. Some are receptor mediated meaning they shake hands with something on the surface of cells and the cell engulfs the virus. Some viruses like bacteria phages are loaded like springs so when they attach to a bacteria the spring uncoils releasing energy and “shooting” it’s genetic material into the bacteria.