On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 08:50:05 +1000, Ron Clarke wrote:

> I have also noted that F-Prot, which I use daily, will identify some
> attached virii immediately, and a very few not until the message has
> been opened and the attachments written to TEMP.

I know it's become a custom to refer to "virii" but the actual
and correct plural of "virus" in English is  "viruses".

I just looked it up in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Perhaps we can attribute the "virii" usage to the curious folkways
of the computer world.

Alternative viewpoints will be considered.







Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan, USA
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