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HP Shelves Virus Throttler Program

Posted by timothy on from the simply-too-arcane-and-complicated dept.

longlanekid writes "Though HP has apparently designed a great program for slowing the spread/proliferation of virii and reducing the impact of DoS attacks, it's all being shelved due to Windows incompatibilities."

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  1. What is the plural of virus? by pmhudepo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    viruses, according to http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/ v/virus.html

  2. Wasn't needed by jjoyce · · Score: 0, Redundant

    There's no such thing as virii.

  3. /. needs a FAQ by shawn(at)fsu · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I think we should have a FAQ for /. that has some of the most common misconceptions and that way when some one uses something that is wrong we just point to the FAQ.

    So why don't we finally get this settled as I have seen it twice today. Am I correct when I say virii is not a word. At dictionary.com the plural for
    virus is viruses.

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  4. virii ! by rozz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    few quotes from http://www.ofb.net/~jlm/virus.html
    " ...
    what's the classical plural of virus? The simple answer is that there wasn't one. The longer answer follows. ...
    Latin already had a word *VIRI*, but it was the nominative plural not of virus (slime, poison, or venom), but of vir (man)... Such hanky panky would certainly get you talked about, and probably your hand slapped as well.

    Those confused souls who write *VIRII* are tacitly positing the existence of the non-word *virius, and declining it as though it were like filius. ...
    Virii is still completely silly, so don't do that; otherwise, everyone will know you're just a blathering script kiddie. ...
    Trying to find a plural for something that didn't take a plural ... or at least, one for which no plural is classically attested, is a fruitless endeavour.
    Best to stick with English and use *VIRUSES*.
    "

    please stop the virii !

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