# computer vira
## English
### Noun

computer vira
* (rare, chiefly non-native speakers' English) plural of computer virus
** 1994 March 13, Henrik Lauridsen, “Files from Safe Hex on aminet!!”, in bit.listserv.i-amiga‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-06-28:Virus Information Base (VIB) is a exactly what the title says. A database from where you can get information on vira of any type. […] All the Warn files contains texts describing various computer vira.
** 1995 April 25, Niels Bjergstrom, “How many antivirus products does it take? (PC)”, in comp.virus‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-06-28:Your argument […] does not substantiate the notion that new vira will not be detected by generic/heuristic methods. […] There are no absolutes, and even the most rigorous risk analysis/risk reduction iteration will leave a residual risk, which must be *managed*, i.e. covered by insurance, contingency plans, etc. This is quite normal, and it is the case for computer vira as well as for fire or theft.
** 1999 January 13, sra...@stella.nbi.dk, “Norm's next project after TOAW2?”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-06-28:I want to see TOAW (I and II) expanded to cover the entire 20th century (and then some, back to 1860, maybe forward to 2010?) in one game, with vastly expanded naval and air rules, an added grand strategic cum political aspect, with such goodies as -submarines, -sea mines -naval supply ships and real naval supply lines, -more cool events, -CNN and propaganda, -sattelites, -computer vira, (..uh, no hold that one! I can see it now. "Yes, that bug in TOAW III v.1.03.23 is just Norm's way of bringing the PO's assault on your forces into your living room in a really cool way." ) […]
** 1999 June 25, Andreas Heib, “macro virus locks computer”, in alt.windows98‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-06-28:To quote Atlacatl: "I come from a Latin teacher background" ;-) So I *must* correct you, Ken: The Latin plural is "vira". […] > As far as I'm concerned, the only way to say it "viruses." / I agree as far as Computer "vira" are meant.
** 1999 December 16, Truckasaurus, “Hello to a new virus and goodbye from me”, in comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-06-28:Using OE is hazardous because of the existence of computer vira. […] Where should I send the check (and the bill, if NT turns out to be vulnerable to vira).
** 1999 December 29, Povl H. Pedersen, “ACTUAL Y2K CONCERN ????”, in rec.skydiving‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-06-28:But I do not see any Y2K problem either, apart from people, computer vira, people, old computers (Pentium 75MHz and older), stupid people, people in panic.
** 2000 October 30, Tonni Kenneth Lutze, “Lost 300k+ due to a looter....and now this SICK insult =(”, in alt.games.ultima-online‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-06-28:Mmmm, no that's not totally correct, everybody knows that there's vira about, ironically enough it's ppl without computer/internet that's most afraid of them. So what I'm saying is that while almost everyone knows that computer vira is about, not all care to protect themselves from it ( count me in... tho i know what to do about them if i get them which is not likely ).
** 2002, Bjørn Møller, “[RMA Themes] War in the “Information Dimension””, in The Revolution in Military Affairs: Myth or Reality?, Copenhagen: Copenhagen Peace Research Institute, →OCLC, page 44:Table 6: Military Domains […] Cyberspace / […] Typical weapons […] Computer vira
** 2003 October 25, Kaiju, “**OT** SoCal fires”, in alt.gossip.celebrities‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-06-28:I simply can't fathom what could drive someone to set fires, but every SoCal hot season they do it. I put them in the same category as those who create computer vira. Let's gather them up and subject them to public floggings.
** 2007 November, Robin Sharp, Lisa Gjedde, Helle Meldgaard, Preben Andersen, “Surveys of ICT Safety and Security Awareness”, in Robin Sharp, editor, Internet Safety and Security Surveys – A Review (IMM–Technical Report →ISSN; 2007-21), Kongens Lyngby: Technical University of Denmark, →OCLC, page 31:79% of respondents felt “not confident” or only “somewhat confident” that they could protect themselves against theft of personal information, 74% against identity theft, 68% against spam, 62% against credit card fraud and 58% against computer vira.
** 2010 winter, J[ohn] Martin Pedersen, “Free Software as Property”, in The Commoner: [A Web Journal for Other Values], number 14 (Property, Commoning and the Politics of Free Software), [London], →OCLC, page 266:The code and the freedoms become inseparable through the ingenious element of reciprocity in perpetuity that is inherent in the GPL. Its opponents call this relational modality a “viral clause” in order to provoke associations with computer vira and illness in general.
** 2016, Anja Mølle Lindelof, Ulrik Schmidt, Connie Svabo, “Environmental Performance: Framing Time”, in Matthew Reason, Anja Mølle Lindelof, editors, Experiencing Liveness in Contemporary Performance: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Routledge Advances in Theatre and Performance Studies), New York, N.Y., Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, →ISBN, part 2 (Materialising):Do ants and grasshoppers perform? Do clouds, plants and melting ice? Do skyscrapers, traffic jams and computer vira? And what happens to our understanding of liveness if that is the case? […] Digital entities, systems and processes, even computer vira and the movements of skyscrapers may be perceived as live.