Originally posted here by Tedob1
I know many will disagree with me because we’ve had these discussions before but…..

I really think you should inform the fbi. There are hacking armies in asia trying to get all the info they can and it sounds like you’re in with a few international companies.

The same servers spewing out different viruses even after they’ve been told? Sounds like a part of their business plan to me.

did you check to see it it's an open relay? some people get paid to keep open relays
I almost wrote yesterday to say that I didn't receive any infected emails, but that has happened before when I complained to the owner of the email address. It would stop for a couple of days and then start up again. And I see this morning that I have one from late yesterday afternoon.

When I think of my email address book, I shudder at the thought of getting infected by some new and unknown type of virus. I doubt many people understand the ramifications of such a possibility. Granted, if I knew I was infected, I'd yank my connection in a heartbeat, but we are small and that would not be much of a problem.

So, next question: If I empty my email address book, can a virus still extract email addresses off of my hard drive? I know a person could, but could a virus be written to "quietly" accomplish the same thing? Or, barring that, if you encrypt a file instead of deleting it, is it recoverable by anything other than password hacking?