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Virus on MIRC 6.03 troj/ircbot-C #28094 04/06/03 01:04 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1 G giggu123 OP Mostly harmless
OP giggu123 Mostly harmless G Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1	I have just downloaded ver 6.03 and the anti virus say it has troj/ircbot-C i am using Sophos (June with updates cause it is a recent virus ) can anyone verify please Stephanie

Re: Virus on MIRC 6.03 troj/ircbot-C #28095 04/06/03 02:35 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,443 London, UK Khaled Hoopy frood
Khaled Hoopy frood Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,443 London, UK	All mIRC installation files on the mIRC website and mirrors are checked for viruses before being made available to users for download, so it is not possible to get a virus from them. The anti-virus software you are using has made a mistake, and thinks that the files have a virus when they don't; this is called a false-positive, and happens after an anti-virus company updates it's virus definition files without checking them properly. You should email the anti-virus company to report a problem with their software. It looks like Sophos Anti-Virus didn't properly research this virus, and their new anti-virus update is now detecting all installed copies of mIRC 6.03 as a virus.

Re: Virus on MIRC 6.03 troj/ircbot-C #28096 10/06/03 10:51 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,443 London, UK Khaled Hoopy frood
Khaled Hoopy frood Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,443 London, UK	Sophos have released an IDE update for their Anti-Virus software which resolves this issue. You will need to download this IDE update from their website.

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