this thought may seem a little crazy, but it will still be asked. my dell was attacked with spyware. had the reciever for my keyboard and mouse in the computer the whole time. got a new computer, and plugged it in, and it was soon infected with the same spyware. this is the question, is it possible for the virus to "stick" with the receiver and infect the new computer? that and my flash drive, which hadnt been plugged into my dell for like a week before the virus, were the only things that had been plugged into the new laptop.