Forums mIRC Help HACKER.

There's a shady character going around, and somehow he's managed to take over the room that I put up.

He's in #CafeNintendo in the Chatcafe.

He goes by the name ¤õ¨®, and he managed to ban myself and another.

I just want to know what to do; can we get him kicked and banned or something?

Hi there

The people that help here, including the moderators and even the author of mIRC, Khaled, have no control over what happens on individual channels, server or networks. mIRC is simply a client that allows you to connect to those servers and join those channels.

If you have suffered from a channel takeover, then you will have to ask the network IRC Operators for help. Try /join #Help and ask there on how to contact an IRCop, or check out the network's website - if you don't know the address, search Google.

Unless it is some sort of Java chat, the nickname "¤õ¨®" is invalid, it cannot be used, even by a "hacker". On that subject, it is extremely unlikely that a "hacker" can take over a channel. The most likely explanations is that someone opped them (@) and they kicked everyone out and/or deopped everyone. This cannot be prevented really.
If the network has channel services (i.e. ChanServ) then the channel password may have been really easy to guess. In this case, it is the Founder/Owner's fault for not thinking up a good password.
Another possibility is that the founder/owner of the channel contracted a virus and the person looked in a script file or something and found the password to the channel. Unlikely, but possible. Again, this is the fault of the owner.

You can try using the channel service if there is one to gain your ops back. Again, ask in the #Help channel.

Best of luck

Regards,

Hi, just have something to add... It (deoping,kicking) CAN be prevented on UNREAL ircd...

Indeed, there are IRCds out there which have modes which will prevent kicking/deopping etc. of people with a certain mode set usually for the owner of the channel only though (wouldn't be very good if the owner couldn't kick ops out in emergencies!)

When it comes to the most used networks however, I don't believe any of the top 5/6 (or even top 10?) networks have this mode, and, in general, it is not possible to prevent someone from kicking you.

Thanks milosh

Regards,

No problem, bro. It just crossed on my mind while I was reading your post. And, also, I had some troubles with my ops recently
Just for those who wants to know...
On Unreal (not supported on hybrid) you can set channel mode +Q (peace mode) so users will NOT be able to kick eachother, only U-LINE (chanserv, botserv example) can do that... Also if you set "peace on" via chanserv (/msg chanserv help set, to see if options is supported and to get more info) the users with lower access will not be able to kick, ban, or remove channel status of user with superior level.

That's it.
Note: On hybrid if user with lower access deops superior user, chanserv will op him again.

In addition to the other posts it is wise to have passwords that are obscure. Don't use words that conform to any language, especially English. This means not using your nickname or part-thereof, the words "password" or "security", the channel name, your dog's name, the name of your street or relatives or the brand name of your family's motor car. Passwords (for, both nicknames and chatrooms) should be hard for people and "channel hacking" scripts to guess. With a script it would be deemed probable to crack about 1/3 of passwords simply because most don't realise that the problem exists.

Using a combination of lower and upper case letters with numerals and ASCII characters like $#%^&*@, etc is the best kind of password and the method I use personally for nickname, any channels I own and oper password. Naturally, the longer it is, the better too and my personal preference is for passwords around the 15 character mark because I am bloody paranoid about these things. Eight characters is a good start but if you can remember a longer password then use it. The easier you make things for yourself, the easier you make life for the occasional luser that likes to steal things.