Re: Life in Japan members:Did anyone get that Microsoft Update Patch Virus? because I think one of you sent it to me--read on.....
On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 13:50:13 GMT, "Darrien" ...
>
>>>I recieved a forwarded email from someone with the UPDATE Microsoft
>>>patch virus.
>>>The reason Im asking here is because as far as I know this place is
>>>the only place Ive posted anything, and its a fairly new account.
>>>There was a long list of email addresses enclosed in the forwarded
>>>mail, many of these had the address @neis.cr.usgs.gov which seems
>>>to belong to the Earthquake Hazards Program.
>>>
>>>can anyone add anymore info or figure out if its just I who is
>>>recieving this mail?
>>
>> I get that shit all the time. Using a "dumb" reader (Agent) is more
>> than sufficient to take care of any worries about accidentally
>> executing the thing. But using Norton Systemworks to scan my incoming
>> mail provides a very nice additional level of protection. It also
>> scans my outbound mail to help make sure I'm not passing any virii
>> ("viruses" for those of you in Rio Linda) along to others. Again,
>> Agent pretty much prevents that from happening anyway, but the scan is
>> a nice addition.
>>
>
>Actually, "Virus" has no plural.
>
>Therefore, it is up to the rules of the language in which it's being used
>to determine how to pluralise it.
>
>Hence, the plural of "Virus" (in English) is "Viruses"
>
>http://www.perl.com/language/misc/virus.html
I can't believe you cited perl dot com. What a geek, Larry would be proud of
you.
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