mirc users.

[Ch3tan]

http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/mirc/exploit.html

mIRC DCC Exploit
updated Mon Oct 13 16:47:18 EDT 2003

Main Information and Fix
Starting Oct 12, 2003, an exploit was used to crash many people's mIRC clients. All versions from 6.0 thru 6.11 are affected. A new version 6.12 was released Oct 13 to fix this problem. The exploit involves a DCC command which can be sent to any person or channel, no matter what your DCC options are. (DCC is used to trade files or for DCC chat.) You can either download the new version (and hope it has no new bugs), or if you can afford to wait a few days, maybe stick to the old temporary fix of ignoring all DCC sends entirely. Just type the following command, on a new line by itself in any chat window, beginning with the slash character:

/ignore -wd *

(We don't advise downgrading to 5.x, since those have known exploits and multi-server doens't work. Do you really need warez/porn that badly that you can't ignore DCCs a few days? Err, don't answer that.)

Check EFnet #mIRC topic (use /raw list #mIRC if you cannot join) for updates too. The information was contributed by EFnet helpers from many sources, working together in harmony without ego or drama, who knew. It is not an official message from the author of mIRC.

The following is for geeks, most people can stop reading.

 

[evilmonkeh]

thanks i best get updating!

 

[kameleon]

Can't NNScript doent work with anything higher than 6.03

 

[bob007]

from Quakenet -O- (Broadcast) There is currently a vulnerability circulating which can remotely crash mIRC. mIRC version 6.12 has been released to fix this. It is recommended that users upgrade mIRC from http://www.mirc.co.uk/

 

[Jonaldo]

Whats' a mirc? is that a car?

 

[throdgrain]

I just put the new version in on top of my NN script, and it seems ok.

 

[kameleon]

Ooh ta Throddy. Last time I read instructions.

 

[Swift^]

Another perfect reason as to why no-one should be using mIRC, it's so exploitable it's ridiculous.

 

[sad_mung]

Originally posted by Jonaldo
Whats' a mirc? is that a car?

It's what paedophiles use to swap images and stuff.

 

[Ch3tan]

Fuck Mung! The day you stop being so hahaha funny is the day the world will blow up, and amageddon will happen and we will all be dead and stuff!

 

[throdgrain]

Check that by the way.
What I should of said is " just put the new version in on top of my NN script, and it seems ok." except that now I cant minimise it, and the top is about twice as wide as the rest of it
Bugger.
If it's not sorted tonight I may have to reinstall the older version. Bah.
Also, it seems that it can only be compromised if you accept dcc's. Seeing as the only ones I ever get are maps for counter-strike positions in matches, and are from people I already know, its hardly a problem anyway.
Tell me, does anyone actually accept dcc's from people they don't know ? ?

 

[Wij]

I remember mIRC *sniff*

 

[xane]

I use the IRC part in GameSpy, that's why you hardly ever see me on the channels and if you do it's only for five minutes at a time

 

[throdgrain]

I never seen you in any channel