I just wanted to note that no one has responded to my orignial post. I do am detecting Bkdr_Ircflood.X, but there are some additional/ different things I'm experiencing that might be to everyones interest. The virus I mention below is also IRC related, take a look :
Let me begin by saying I've read every post here and still am not sure what to believe
One thing you might find interesting is if I run a trendmicro scan while running mirc I get a different virus alert