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tracking source of virus Eddie 12-14-2005
Posted by =?Utf-8?B?RWRkaWU=?= on December 14, 2005, 1:36 pm
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I hope I'm in the right place for this question.

Recently, we are being attacked by several viruses. There are appromximately
200 computers and we are cleaning them up one at a time. Is there any way to
find the source or the culprit who is spreading the viruses?

We use Microsoft 2000 server and Novell 6,
Norton Corporate edition 7

Thanks

Posted by Jon Phipps on December 14, 2005, 2:19 pm
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what was or were the virii, they could have come from email or someone
browsing to an unscrupulous site.

>I hope I'm in the right place for this question.
>
> Recently, we are being attacked by several viruses. There are
> appromximately
> 200 computers and we are cleaning them up one at a time. Is there any way
> to
> find the source or the culprit who is spreading the viruses?
>
> We use Microsoft 2000 server and Novell 6,
> Norton Corporate edition 7
>
> Thanks



Posted by David H. Lipman on December 14, 2005, 4:51 pm
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| what was or were the virii, they could have come from email or someone
| browsing to an unscrupulous site.

Jon:

There is no such word as viri or virii. The plural of virus is viruses.

http://spl.haxial.net/viruses.html

http://homepages.tesco.net/~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/plural-of-virus.html

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Posted by Jon Phipps on December 14, 2005, 6:00 pm
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medically no it is virii, the word is latin
>
> | what was or were the virii, they could have come from email or someone
> | browsing to an unscrupulous site.
>
> Jon:
>
> There is no such word as viri or virii. The plural of virus is viruses.
>
> http://spl.haxial.net/viruses.html
>
> http://homepages.tesco.net/~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/plural-of-virus.html
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>



Posted by David H. Lipman on December 14, 2005, 7:04 pm
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| medically no it is virii, the word is latin

No. read the URLs I referenced, they explain quite clearly, better than I can.

The Latin connection with "virii" quite simply does not exist. "Virus" is
derived from Latin
(it meant slime, poison, or venom), however "virii" is not a valid Latin word.
Latin does
not actually have a plural for virus (this is not so unusual when you consider
words such as
slime or sheep). Latin does have a word "viri", but it is the plural of the word
man
("vir"), and thus nothing to do with viruses. For this topic, I will refer you
to people who
know more about it than me.

http://spl.haxial.net/viruses.html


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



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