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- From: saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs)
- Subject: Re: Need a good hard Drive backup program....
- Message-ID: <BtnqCC.9Ms@chinet.chi.il.us>
- Summary: 'spelling flame'
- Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
- References: <1992Aug25.001531.5319@peponi.wcc.govt.nz> <1159@tekgen.bv.tek.com> <l9l78nINNfe1@aludra.usc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 19:33:47 GMT
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- In article <l9l78nINNfe1@aludra.usc.edu> baffoni@aludra.usc.edu (Juxtaposer) writes:
- >
- > I hadn't heard about this product. Does it check in memory for already
- >resident viri? Does it scan a hard-disk for file-infecting viri (as opposed to
- >strictly boot-sector viri)?
-
- I really thought we had settled the plural-of-virus question. The English
- language plural of 'virus' is 'viruses' (the word is not a standard Latin
- masculine form). The recommended plural within the Atari ST community is
- (naturally enough) the German language plural 'viren.' The form 'virii'
- is an abomination, and 'viri' is only slightly less uglii.
-
- Steve
-