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I notice that whenever I click on the "Continue" button on the mIRC "About" dialog, a connection is opened to mirc.com on port 443. What is the purpose of this connection and what data is exchanged?

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Thomas

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The mIRC About dialog randomly chooses from a number of messages on startup which are loaded from the mIRC website. So, for example, in the past they have ranged from a link to the mIRC discussion forums, a reminder to register through different methods, an offer to register with a discount, a link to my personal page, a photo of Arnie waving, a competition question where users can win free registrations, and so on. I change the messages every so often.


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