You're welcome.

Nepatsfan

helpless and clueless wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> 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:
>>
>> 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