The reasons why the viruses are considered to be non living things are:
They contain DNA and proteins but they are not considered as cells this is because they do not perform any cellular machinery as they they do not have organelles.
They do need host to survive they cannot live independently in nature. They do not grow in size and cannot keep them in steady state.
They cannot perform metabolic reactions and cannot generate energy for the life processes.
No, you cannot. The problem is that alcohol fumes are flammable. If you heat over an open flame you risk igniting the fumes which will start a chain reactions.
