Is MIRC a virus/spyware trap or what?

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  • Quotealex
    Confirmed User
    • Sep 2001
    • 6265

    #1

    Is MIRC a virus/spyware trap or what?

    I just found out about this MIRC a few days ago, yaeh I know it's been there for a decade, and got a bunch of download offer from strangers on pretty much every room I went to. I wonder if they were trying to infect my clean computer!
  • zvik
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2004
    • 696

    #2
    since mirc exists there are these viruses spammers just set your DCC settings to accept certian filetypes (mp3, avi, mpg, whatever) and you'll stay protected

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    • Quotealex
      Confirmed User
      • Sep 2001
      • 6265

      #3
      Originally posted by zvik
      since mirc exists there are these viruses spammers just set your DCC settings to accept certian filetypes (mp3, avi, mpg, whatever) and you'll stay protected
      thanks for the info. I'm not really interested in downloading anything from there but I'd sure like to start my own chat room or network. How do one go about doing this?

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      • chowda
        Confirmed User
        • Jun 2003
        • 9527

        #4
        hang around #montreal in the undernet server! :D
        Someone finds you...
        2007

        PS: Nationalnet is the best host I've ever had. And i tried alot of them.

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        • Quotealex
          Confirmed User
          • Sep 2001
          • 6265

          #5
          Originally posted by chowda
          hang around #montreal in the undernet server! :D
          I went to both #montreal and #montréal. I'm still trying to find out how this thing work!

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          • Project-Shadow
            Confirmed User
            • Feb 2003
            • 7340

            #6
            http://www.kelseypub.com/irc/

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            • hydro
              Confirmed User
              • Dec 2003
              • 4216

              #7
              don't accecpt files from people you dont know and never vist any site that you get spammed through irc, most are exploit pages that will turn you into an open proxy for spamming

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              • Webmaster_Logic
                Confirmed User
                • Jul 2004
                • 1886

                #8
                Originally posted by hydro
                don't accecpt files from people you dont know and never vist any site that you get spammed through irc, most are exploit pages that will turn you into an open proxy for spamming
                no shit in 10 minutes my network security was going off like crazy... I wont be going back on there no time soon.....

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                • dunefield
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                  • Feb 2003
                  • 10920

                  #9
                  yeah a gofuckyourself chan on irc would be cool...

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                  • Manowar
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                    • Dec 2003
                    • 71528

                    #10
                    Originally posted by dunefield
                    yeah a gofuckyourself chan on irc would be cool...
                    a few years ago it would have

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                    • JakeR
                      Confirmed User
                      • May 2001
                      • 1760

                      #11
                      Originally posted by dunefield
                      yeah a gofuckyourself chan on irc would be cool...
                      there used to be one a couple years ago
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                      • DarkJedi
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                        • Feb 2001
                        • 28301

                        #12
                        IRC is awesome.
                        learn how to use it.

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                        • quantum-x
                          Confirmed User
                          • Feb 2002
                          • 6863

                          #13
                          Mirc is one of the biggest peices of shit out there.

                          XChat is awesome. You can be on multiple servers in the same window, flood proof, and none of these viruses or shit. Use it, and you'll love it.

                          Oh, and it's free.
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                          • jchennav
                            Registered User
                            • May 2003
                            • 72

                            #14
                            Originally posted by quantum-x
                            Mirc is one of the biggest peices of shit out there.

                            XChat is awesome. You can be on multiple servers in the same window, flood proof, and none of these viruses or shit. Use it, and you'll love it.

                            Oh, and it's free.
                            Unfortunately, if you use DCC chat frequently, you'll find that certain features are only supported in mIRC (such as accessing fserves behind firewalls).

                            Also, X-Chat is free unless you're on Windows.

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                            • skillfull
                              Confirmed User
                              • Apr 2003
                              • 4716

                              #15
                              Originally posted by quantum-x
                              Mirc is one of the biggest peices of shit out there.

                              XChat is awesome. You can be on multiple servers in the same window, flood proof, and none of these viruses or shit. Use it, and you'll love it.

                              Oh, and it's free.
                              they made a windows version ?
                              was using it on my linux workstation
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                              • Evil1
                                Confirmed User
                                • Mar 2002
                                • 3893

                                #16
                                Originally posted by dunefield
                                yeah a gofuckyourself chan on irc would be cool...
                                #gofuckyourself on irc.efnet.net, dont know if it's still there but it used to be.

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                                • Quotealex
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Sep 2001
                                  • 6265

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by quantum-x
                                  Mirc is one of the biggest peices of shit out there.

                                  XChat is awesome. You can be on multiple servers in the same window, flood proof, and none of these viruses or shit. Use it, and you'll love it.

                                  Oh, and it's free.
                                  Aren't there a controversy surrounding XChat and there decision to to change it from a freeware to a shareware?

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                                  • HammerTime33
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Sep 2004
                                    • 498

                                    #18
                                    Best all around option is to turn DCC OFF completely, and only turn it on when requested to by some one you know.

                                    My irc room is on free.kewlchat.net #hammertime_forums

                                    Ohh and if your interested in hosting your own irc server you can do so easily on linux or windows with unrealircd. the linux version has more features and is alot more secure. I am in the process of setting my own up. learning linux is the hard part not irc.
                                    Last edited by HammerTime33; 09-15-2004, 09:04 AM.

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                                    • chowda
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Jun 2003
                                      • 9527

                                      #19
                                      undernet is fun
                                      Someone finds you...
                                      2007

                                      PS: Nationalnet is the best host I've ever had. And i tried alot of them.

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                                      • block
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Jan 2004
                                        • 1258

                                        #20
                                        Be careful when clicking on links as well... they can install viruses and such.

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                                        • Basic_man
                                          Programming King Pin
                                          • Oct 2003
                                          • 27360

                                          #21
                                          Yeah, there's a lot of craps in there !
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                                          • wyldblyss
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Nov 2003
                                            • 5779

                                            #22
                                            mIRC is awesome. Instead of downloading it off a stranger, go to their homepage to download it: http://www.mirc.com/

                                            Turn off DCC (as others recommended)..you can chat just fine without having it on. Just keep playing with the program and you will get the hang of it.

                                            As for your own chat server...that gets more complicated...

                                            Easy way: Create a room on an established server.

                                            Hard way: Owning and running your own server.
                                            I would start out with your own room to begin with...then work up from there.

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                                            • Quotealex
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Sep 2001
                                              • 6265

                                              #23
                                              Thanks for the great infos.

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                                              • Quotealex
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Sep 2001
                                                • 6265

                                                #24
                                                Out of curiousity, is there some money to be made in owning and running a server for IRC?

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