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My anti virus (Kaspersky Personal 5.0) just gave me a an alert randomly on mIRC it said: infected with virus not-a-virus:RiskWare.mIRC.6.16.

Im not sure how to interpret it this is it just saying mIRC could pose a threat to my computers security or is it saying its actually a virus? i downloaded mIRC from the official site and ive clicked no links in any irc channels either.

edit: yes i didnt bother using the search function

Apparently Kapersky thinks mIRC is 'Riskware'. It's simply because there are a few trojans that use mIRC as part of the payload either to broadcast information over IRC or for use in botnets. Also mIRC's scripting capababilities mean that foolish people can be exploited if they follow random people's advice to "just type this to get free <whatever>". It's not saying mIRC is a virus or infected.

ahh ic thanx for the help

i submitted the mIRC.exe file to kaspersky and this is the response i got:

Hello.

Infected with "not-a-virus:RiskWare.mIRC.6.16".

This file is "Advertizing Tool", these files are detected by
extended databases set which can be updated from this URL:
<http://downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com/updates_ext/>
See more info about extended databases here:
<http://www.kaspersky.com/extraavupdates>
KAV 5.0 users may enable extended databases update in Update menu.

Sincerely yours,
Roman Kuzmenko,
Virus analyst.
_____________________
Kaspersky Lab Ltd
Moscow, Russia
Tel/Fax: +7 (095) 797-8700
E-mail: newvirus@kaspersky.com
Internet: http://www.kaspersky.com, http://www.viruslist.com

So if anyone else is having same problem i did just set it to not download extended databses then reboot the comp so you can access mIRC, seen as kaspersky blocks access to the file when it detects it as "RiskWare". I think maybe someone on the mIRC team should have a word with them cos i think that classification is a bit unfair because its not really mIRC's fault tbh.