Nortons Antivirus has picked up a virus(IRC Trojan)in explorer32.exe file and cannot repair it so has been quarantined. Nortons is up todate re downloads and the only option I've got is to delete it. Once I've deleted it, has my problem been solved or am I likely to get further problems ? I've been informed it's some sort of hack virus and I want to feel confident about using the internet.I'm running XP and have internet firewall enabled, isn't this mean't to help?

You can try a 30 trial antitrojan program if you think you might have been hit by a hacker attack, or you have downloaded programs/files from one of the sharing sites. TAUSCAN, TROJAN REMOVER, TDS are all available for a 30 day trial. SWATIT from LOCKDOWN CORP is a free one. All the best!

Some help here also

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/irc.trojan.html

Julie,
If you have Kazaa, look here

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.kwbot.worm.html

hi julie,
go to www.thepublicworks.com security section and click on these links:
Simovits Consulting go to the trojan file link.
PC Flank link for a trojan and port scan to see if you've got a trojan and open ports.
Dark-E for a trojan fix
Trojan Removal for trojan fix
Dalantec for trojan fix
Hacker ports for info on Hack Attack
cheers,
murve

hi julie,
addendum to previous post- did you do a port scan?
if port 31789 is open you do have an xplorer trojan\download a free 30 day trial of Trojan Hunter and it will delete the trojan.
murve