-=PCTechTalk=- Re: virus!! My Thoughts

Good afternoon

As others have mentioned  IRC = Internet Relay Chat..
there are many programs available for different
operating systems to help you optimize IRC, the most
popular being mIRC for windows.  mIRC can be used to
file share however you must be very careful with who
you share files with on IRC.

IRC and most specifically mIRC (the program) are very
vulnerable to exploits and all kinds of virus/worms.
As mIRC (the program) is one of the most popular it
is also the most targeted for vulnerabilities, kind
of like outlook/outlook express.. alot of people use
it so its targeted as the best way to spread
virus/worms.

Hopefully that helps explain some

Christy

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On 10/28/03 at 11:16 AM Jeff Ross wrote:

>Does anybody know what IRC stands for?  It is some
type of file-sharing, I
>think. The W32/Swen or Swen.A@mm virus uses it.
>
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