Meanings
- pluralrarechiefly non-native speakers' Englishplural of computer virus
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.
1999 December 29, Povl H. Pedersen, “ACTUAL Y2K CONCERN ????”, in rec.skydiving (Usenet), archived from the original on 28 Jun 20245 more examples
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^([sic]) texts describing various computer vira.
1994 March 13, Henrik Lauridsen, “Files from Safe Hex on aminet!!”, in bit.listserv.i-amiga (Usenet), archived from the original on 28 Jun 2024Your 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.
1995 April 25, Niels Bjergstrom, “How many antivirus products does it take? (PC)”, in comp.virus (Usenet), archived from the original on 28 Jun 2024I 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 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 28 Jun 2024To 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 June 25, Andreas Heib, “macro virus locks computer”, in alt.windows98 (Usenet), archived from the original on 28 Jun 2024Using 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 16, Truckasaurus, “Hello to a new virus and goodbye from me”, in comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy (Usenet), archived from the original on 28 Jun 2024
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computer vira. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computer%20vira
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