Thank you very much for your reply Panda-man, your help is much appreciated.

"Panda_man" wrote:

> My reply is mixed with your words and is also at teh bottom of the message:
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> > Do I have a firewall built in with Windows XP?
>
> Panda_man >> Windows XP has built-in firewall.
> SP1 -> has partial firewall ,designed for direct internet connection
> SP2 -> has full firewall,suitable for all kind of user and connections
> If you have SP1 ,upgrade to SP 2 now because SP 2 is more secure.
>
> How to see what is your OS version :
> Start - Run and type : winver
>
> If so how do I turn it on and
> > off.
> Panda_man >> Because of the question you are asking I suppose you have SP1.
>
> For SP1 -
> Start-Settings-Control Panel-Network connections and right click on the
> connection you use - Properties - Advanced to enable/disable it
> When the firewall is enable,if you see them in Icons,tiles you should see a
> small yellow padlock.
>
> For SP2 - it is ON by default.
> Start-Settings -Control Panel-Windows Firewall
> or
> Start-Settings -Control Panel-Security Center
>
>
> 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.
>
> 1.You have to boot in Safe Mode and delete this file,in the Temp folder.
>
> 2. You have to remove the Trojan.
> To do this,perform these malware removal instruction,created by me.
>
> Here is a link where I have uploaded them in a file:
> http://free.hit.bg/fightmalware/Malw...structions.rtf
>
> 3. I think you should use another antivirus software because Antivir free
> is not very good:
>
> http://www.pandasoftware.com/about/r...ernet/ally.htm
>