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Multiple copies of mIRC possible path bug #228212 12/12/10 10:36 AM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 48 StrawberryKitty OP Ameglian cow
OP StrawberryKitty Ameglian cow Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 48	Images explain it all. EDIT: I managed to remove the symlinked folder weird stuff Last edited by StrawberryKitty; 12/12/10 10:56 AM.

Re: Multiple copies of mIRC possible path bug [Re: StrawberryKitty] #228214 12/12/10 01:56 PM
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 853 The Netherlands Sat Hoopy frood
Sat Hoopy frood Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 853 The Netherlands	Originally Posted By: StrawberryKitty Images explain it all. Sorry, but no, not at all. Please elaborate. Saturn, QuakeNet staff

Re: Multiple copies of mIRC possible path bug [Re: Sat] #228216 12/12/10 02:16 PM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 48 StrawberryKitty OP Ameglian cow
OP StrawberryKitty Ameglian cow Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 48	Symlinked folder linking to itself caused a bunch of recursion. I don't know if mirc made it etc but I managed to remove it so all is fine, pretty weird though.

Re: Multiple copies of mIRC possible path bug [Re: StrawberryKitty] #228239 13/12/10 12:52 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,918 Montreal, QC, Canada A argv0 Hoopy frood
argv0 Hoopy frood A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,918 Montreal, QC, Canada	Originally Posted By: StrawberryKitty I don't know if mirc made it Says it all. No, mIRC didn't make it, given that the path points to a temporary directory in a non-user-writable disk location. Do a virus scan, because you may have one. - argv[0] on EFnet #mIRC - "Life is a pointer to an integer without a cast"

Re: Multiple copies of mIRC possible path bug [Re: argv0] #228262 13/12/10 11:58 PM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 48 StrawberryKitty OP Ameglian cow
OP StrawberryKitty Ameglian cow Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 48	No virus was present, Anti-virus got one, and since it was mirc I found and nothing else that gives a bit of weight to what caused it, I certainly didn't find any other applications in there. Last edited by StrawberryKitty; 13/12/10 11:58 PM.

Re: Multiple copies of mIRC possible path bug [Re: StrawberryKitty] #228267 14/12/10 04:39 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,918 Montreal, QC, Canada A argv0 Hoopy frood
argv0 Hoopy frood A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,918 Montreal, QC, Canada	"Anti-virus got one" What exactly does that mean? Many viruses target mIRC specifically, and no other programs, which could explain how it was only mIRC. As a sidenote, it could just be nothing, as you're generally not supposed to be poking around ProgramData anyway, and as I mentioned, mIRC never puts itself there. - argv[0] on EFnet #mIRC - "Life is a pointer to an integer without a cast"

Re: Multiple copies of mIRC possible path bug [Re: StrawberryKitty] #228279 15/12/10 12:45 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,156 Seattle D DJ_Sol Hoopy frood
DJ_Sol Hoopy frood D Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,156 Seattle	Do you run other people's scripts in your mirc?

Re: Multiple copies of mIRC possible path bug [Re: argv0] #228314 17/12/10 03:57 AM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 48 StrawberryKitty OP Ameglian cow
OP StrawberryKitty Ameglian cow Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 48	Originally Posted By: argv0 "Anti-virus got one" It means I already have one my computer doesn't have a virus, I make all my own scripts and know my way around windows fairly well. Originally Posted By: DJ_Sol Do you run other people's scripts in your mirc? No I only run my own scripts.

Re: Multiple copies of mIRC possible path bug [Re: StrawberryKitty] #228876 13/01/11 04:45 AM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 48 StrawberryKitty OP Ameglian cow
OP StrawberryKitty Ameglian cow Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 48	Managed to fix this the junction had messed up ACLs so obviously not mIRC's fault.

Re: Multiple copies of mIRC possible path bug [Re: StrawberryKitty] #228879 13/01/11 08:04 AM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 7,252 Ontario, Canada R RusselB Hoopy frood
RusselB Hoopy frood R Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 7,252 Ontario, Canada	Glad to hear that you found the cause of this.