Mail leads to Address Book wipe-out, repeatedly

When marking mail Junk/Not Junk in my Inbox (training mode), a toggle leads to a Mail freeze. Force quitting Mail then finds iCal, Address Book and Safari "not responding." Re-starting Address Book finds all entries gone except for "me" and Apple, Inc. iCal and Mail are not wiped out.
After the first time, I started Backing up Address Book (under File) every day and Reverting to back-up when it crashes again. But every 5-7 days? What's up?
Behavior began after updating to 10.4.4 from system immediately previous. No other problems encountered.
G5   Mac OS X (10.4.4)  

My address book just got wiped out, too. I think it was Mail, too, but I was not in training Mode. I wonder if there is a virus or bug. It seems to be prevalent on the boards, does anyone have any insight?

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