Thank you Nepatsfan, that has been very helpful, it's so nice to have access
to people who know what to do.

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> helpless and clueless wrote:
> > Do I have a firewall built in with Windows XP? If so how do
> > I turn it on and off. Also I have just downloaded AntiVir
> > free antivirus and I keep getting a window opening, (about 3
> > or 4 a minute) telling me that a file has a Trojan horse in
> > it and what do I want to do with it. It defaults to
> > 'decline access' so is that what I should do? (Or delete,
> > wipe, rename file, or allow access - all options given).
> > Why dont they tell me what to do instead of asking - I
> > don't bloody know (about 5 have popped up while I've been
> > typing this - HELP.
> > Last one said C;/DOCUME-1/HP/LOCALS-1/TEMP/K.2279.TMP
> > Is The Trojan Horse TR/DLdR.Barnius.3
> > File name is not always the same but Trojan horse name is.
>
> First question:
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> Windows XP does have a basic firewall. It's turned on by
> default if you've installed Service Pack 2. Go to Start ->
> Control Panel and see if you have an icon named "Windows
> Firewall". If so, double click on the icon an see if it is set
> to On. If you want a firewall that monitors outbound
> connections as well, something the XP firewall doesn't do, you
> should download and install one of these free firewalls or
> purchase one that has than feature. Monitoring outbound
> connections is important if something gets past your defenses.
> An alert will be displayed whenever a new application wants to
> access the internet. You'll have to decided if this is a
> legitimate program or not.
>
> Free firewalls:
>
> Zone Alarm
> http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten...eeDownload.jsp
>
> Sygate Personal Firewall
> http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
>
> Kerio Personal Firewall
> http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html
>
> Second question:
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> Have you run a scan recently with the AV program? Before doing
> that you might want to run Disk Cleanup from the Start -> All
> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools menu. That should clear
> out any temporary files.
>
> The action you take in response to an alert from your AV
> program is often based on the location and type of file. The
> file you've listed is a .tmp file, meaning temporary, in a
> folder titled TEMP. I'd want to remove that file and any others
> that are contained in that folder.
>
> If you're confused on which action you should take when
> confronted with an alert from your AV software there are two
> courses of action that are prudent. One is to search the
> internet for any references to the file. If you don't recognize
> the name, do a google search. The other course of action would
> be to quarantine the file. That way you can see how your PC
> operates without the file before you delete it.
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
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