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No.... there is no "virus" involved at all. Learn the
difference
between a virus, a trojan, a worm, a root kit.... nomenclature
is
important. Imagine if your doctor didn't know the difference
between a virus and a bacteria...
I'd hope my doctor would know that if it was "a", it's bacterium
(-:
...
grammar nazi!
Not really; you think it's important to know the difference
between
a
virus, trojan, worm, rootkit (and so on), as do I - but I _would_
have
somewhat less regard for a doctor who said "a bacteria". OK, it's
not
as important as knowing the difference between one and a virus,
but
it's the sort of attention to detail that, if missed, would make
me
wonder what else the doctor might miss.
You must be seriously bored today. I have heard a number of quite
good
doctors say "a bacteria"... it is acceptable, because they are
referring
to a group or family of bacteria. Biologists may talk about a
single
bacterium, but they don't just occur singly in an infection where a
doctor deals with them. A doctor may refer to the group, such as
staph
or strep or MRSA, as a bacteria.
Your quibbling over the inclusion of the "a" is what is called
being
a
grammar nazi.
:-( I'm really cringing at reading that, even though I wasn't in
WWII.
I think it would be good if we'd all refrained from using that term
so
flippantly, as occasionally seems to be in vogue these days, as
there
really was no humor in it for those who have suffered its legacy,
many
of whom are still around.