Re: New piece of spyware?

[Mister Coffee <live4java () stormcenter net>]

On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 08:11:48AM -0000, caldcv () students fccj org wrote:
> In-Reply-To: <20040514020424.22014.qmail () www securityfocus com>
>
>  Sorry I didn't make myself very clear. My machine is sending out the spam. It's mIRC 6.14 - I just use the bare IRC 
> client, so I don't think I'm infected via a worm messing with my mIRC files. I looked inside the mIRC folder in all 
> of the .ini files and nothing weird appeared. I don't download attachments from unknown sources and only use a few 
> websites on a daily basis. 
>
>  Any ideas?
It sounds very much like one of the many mIRC "headline grabber" scripts.  Do you load any scripts at all on client 
startup?  I haven't personally used mIRC in years (XChat or BX depending on situation) but I've seen that behaviour in 
other people's clients.

Cheers,
L4J



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