This is actually an early adolescence belief: when I was about twelve through fourteen, I thought viral videos were ones that gave your computer viruses.
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- I though the "D" written in "Walt Disney" on some videos was actually a backward "G".
— A. Nonymous - when i was little i used to think Americas Funniest Home videos was fake— wendy
- I used to think the old BBC logo that was on one of my videos as a child was evil and wanted me to be dead.— tanukibear
- I used to think people didnt actually kiss on tv,i thought that the computer just made it look that way.— deanna
- My cousin thought the BASIC computer command GOTO was prenounced "Got-oo" rather than "Go To"— Richard Davies
- I used to believe that "car pools" were cars with pools in them, like in the rock videos.— Smart Cookie