The International Schools Review Forum

Why is the two syllable word beginning with a 'v', describing a submicroscopic infectious agent of the sort that has caused so much global chaos in the past year, banned from posts? I notice that the word was removed from my previous post. I can't understand what is objectionable about this word, especially since it is so commonplace and discussed so often nowadays.

ISR MODERATOR RESPONSE: This is interesting. It appears that PHPBB forums (the software we are running) has incorporated a spam filter prepopulated with the word v1rus.

@angelica1981

V1rus is also used in reference to the computer type of malware infection and is connected to various spam and scam sites offering dubious v1rus and spyware scanning and removal, when in reality your just infecting your electronic devices with theie removal tool. Thats why v1rus is blocked.