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My mistake. I was thinking of both virii and spammed email.

pedant

Virus is a collective noun.

One solitary influenza virus may be inspected under the electron
microscope.microscope.
Granted, I don't know whether an influenza and a legionnaire'd disease
virus
lying side by side should be referred to as a pair of viruses or a pair
of
virii. (On the assumption that the legionnaire's disease thingy is
indeed a
virus at all)

It wouldn't be virii anyway, would it? That'd be the plural of virius.

My knowledge of Latin is insufficient to knit a pair of socks for a flea.
My Concise Oxford dictionary is no help either,
so I will believe you. {:-))

Franz