A new found exploit has been used to crash many people's mIRC clients. All versions from 6.0 thru 6.11 were affected, version 6.12 was released Oct 13 to fix the 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.) Just download the new version to fix this problem.
Check EFnet #mIRC topic (use /raw list #mIRC if you cannot join) for updates too.
this will sound stupid but wat is mIRC??? or DCC??? im confused (again)
Donald duck never wore pants, but when he got out of the shower he always tied a towel around his waste... Why is that?
MSM1000
Posted 27th Oct 2003 10:54am
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IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. Its just a chat program with lots of rooms... if you can be bothered you can create your own. Its quite easy to use once you get used to the layout.
The DCC Stands for Direct Client to Client connection.
It allows you to send files or share files. Its very much like an FTP server.
To put it another way you could say that IRC is like real-time forum chat without annoying staff members filtering out anything you say, but there are still authority figures that lay down the law