I CAN'T TRUST MY FRIEND ANYMORE

From: bj (bernd_at_luncheonmeatonerigg.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: 11/07/03 

Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 01:22:57 -0000

I bought a ZX SPECTUM about twenty years ago,--lots of fun--loads of late
nights--play games--learn some BASIC programming--dabble with MACHINE
CODE --exellent
Played about with computers through the years--great playing with
PHOTOSHOP--spreadsheets in EXEL and loads of other stuff
Bought a WINDOWS XP machine a year or so ago --lots of fun for a while --use
some of the stuff I've learned years ago --for fun -- help other
people --do a few work related things--BLISS
ah ah---I realise that this machine is part mine, but there are b*******s
out there who want to interfere with all of this

So how do I slow them down?
I've got an Antivirus, a Firewall , but from what I can tell that's like
shutting all the windows and leaving the door wide open (P.S. I know the
door can't actually be locked)
Anyway; the reason I'm posting to this group is that I would like some help
with sorting out the basics
So; just before writing this I fired up the Computer and went into Task
Manager and it told me there were 32 Processes running
There were 6 instances of SVHOST.EXE
Also E-SIOTC2.EXE------SOINTGR.EXE---waudt.exe--LSASS.EXE--OSA.EXE--etc.
etc.
Is there a database anywhere that would tell me what all these things are
(similarily for programs)
The FIREWALL really needs a lot of information and at the moment I havn't
got a clue how to help it

cheers
bj

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