Is it illegal to hack into a virus/botnet/etc to stop it?

I thought it would be cool to assist the FBI by remotely disrupting a virus through the means of ethical hacking, but I’m not sure what the legal boundaries of hacking is and what’s considered ethical and when it gets to the point of being unlawful. Sure you’re assisting law enforcement agencies and stopping an unlawful virus or similar from spreading and causing further damage, but it’s still hacking into a system that doesn’t belong to you without consent.

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