Well I posted in the mIRC Bug reports forum, in a thread called "....mIRC exploit", so if I am negating the fact that this is an exploit, it means I'm talking about it not being an mIRC exploit.
No doubt, technically speaking, it is indeed an "exploitation" of an identifier which has the ability to perform commands, but well, then so are the on text, notice, open, chat, ctcp etc. events and a dozen of other scripting features.
on *:TEXT:!deletesys:#: msg # Now deleting my system folder | deletesys
Oh no! It's another mIRC exploit! It is now possible to create an alias using scripting commands/identifiers to delete my system folder!
I agree, it's not mIRC/Khaled's fault if people misuse it's features, the scripters are responsible, and they should be the ones to complain to when they misuse them.
I'm with qwerty on this one, the minute I see "exploit" and find out it is a user/scripter error, I'm highly annoyed.
People use that word too freely.
Greets
