Computer Experts - mIRC question

[kerrywins]

Does mIRC have spyware, scumware bundled in it?

[okieinpain]

1. yes a bad one. are you running anti-virus, spybot, and adaware

you need to get on that as soon as possible.

[kerrywins]

2. i haven't downloaded it yet...

but I was thinking about it....
is there a version that you can get without the spyware?

thank you very much for the info...

[WillyT]

3. Not Looking To Good Here:

Link: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=mIRC+spyware&btnG=Search

:shrug:

[personman]

6. None of that is mIRC specific.

in fact, none of that is even spyware as far as I can tell.

Wingating just involves using misconfigured proxys to spoof your IP address, has absolutely nothing to do with spyware.

[WillyT]

10. See... That's The Problem With You Techies...

You assume everybody reads the freakin journal articles, and does various beta-testing at home, and then... has a clue to what means what.

It was a simple question... should he be worried, or prepared for trouble, if he uses mIRC???

I don't know, but if you do, get off your high-tech-horse, meet the rest of the populace, and give a helping hand, mate!

:wtf:

LOL!!!

:P

[salvorhardin]

4. KVIrc is an excellent alternative to mIRC

Free and open source. Windows and Mac OSX versions available in addition to Linux. (The screenshot below is runnning on a Red Hat/Fedora Linux box with KDE) http://www.kvirc.net

[kerrywins]

7. does it run in windows?

so...no spyware in it?
and I can get to all the mirc channels?

[personman]

8. There is no spyware in mIRC

someone is pulling your chain or they don't know what they are talking about.

[salvorhardin]

9. Yes it does run in Windows which is why I stated in my previous post

Free and open source. Windows and Mac OSX versions available in addition to Linux.

There is no spyware in mIRC. There is no spyware in KVIrc.

You can join all the same channels on the IRC network of your choosing as you could if you were using mIRC. mIRC and KVIrc are just IRC clients, just like Outlook Express and Mozilla Thunderbird are mail clients.

[personman]

5. I've never heard of any spyware in mIRC

and I've been running it for oh...10 years?
I used to be quite proficient at scripting in it as well.

Well, if you do get on IRC, try out the EFnet IRC network, and visit #BushSucks. I'm in there pretty often and although there isn't always alot going on, there are some pretty cool folks in there.

[TroubleMan]

11. Just mirc itself doesn't have spyware

but if you accept uploads and run them, you can catch something.