My firewall (Zonealarm), alerted me of a “hacker” attack the other day. A new “Trojan” program was trying to take over my machine. It got in by way of a “picture attachment” that my daughter opened by mistake. A “Trojan” is a program that operates behind the scenes. Much like the “daemon” programs that control your computers “Clock” and “System Tray”. Do a “Search” for “kernel32.dli” (notice the last i), on your computer. There should be a “kernel32.dll” (notice the last l) but not one with an i on the end. Please contact a professional if you find it. Do not try and remove it yourself unless you are comfortable working in “registry’s”, and “System Files”. The person who has put that file there was probably not a real hacker, just someone using a hacker program. You can download the “Firewall” Zonealarm at www.zonelabs.com  . If you are already using zonealarm than make sure you get the upgrade.

Many of you are broadcasting your IP address when you go online. This will allow a hacker to get in your machine. Zonealarm will block hackers from seeing that you are online.
If you are not sure what any of the terms I have been using mean, try looking under the “index” section of the “help” program.
George Horton
george@kcnb.ca 
www.kcnb.ca