I get an unremitting trickle of spam telling me my Papal account is being closed, my e-mail account needs updating, that UPS are trying to deliver a parcel, that I have won a lottery somewhere, that someone in some remote part of the world has an inheritance they wish to share with me and so on.

Fortunately no-one seems to think my penis needs enlarging or that an attractive girl wishes to meet me. (Are the two connected?)

Presumably because they realise that your Papal account is based in the Vatican.

The small silver lining is that there has been almost a complete cessation of all the junk e mails. However since the virus struck there is hardly any.

Yes, it's interesting. One might assume on first principle that more spare time might provoke spammers to more activity. What is the explanation ? Computer-generated Spam would continue unabated. So presumably the previous spam came from people at work, who are no longer there ?

Probably just a coincidence - not noticed any less on my personal e-mail addresses and work one seems to be getting a few more.

The small silver lining is that there has been almost a complete cessation of all the junk e mails. However since the virus struck there is hardly any.

Yes, it's interesting. One might assume on first principle that more spare time might provoke spammers to more activity. What is the explanation ? Computer-generated Spam would continue unabated. So presumably the previous spam came from people at work, who are no longer there ?

I gather as reported on the net, ransomware is gathering pace and not only encrypting a pc -but also its backups on the cloud encrypting them as well, so be carefull as they are getting even more nasty