Forums Bug Reports Reboot issue

Hi!
There are times when my computer is rebooting with no warning while downloading using the XDCC protocol.
It happens more often when I`m reaching high speeds (i.e. 100-150 KB/s).
My system is an AMD Duron @ 900 Mhz, 640 MB RAM, 50 GB HDD, Win XP, cable internet, mIRC 6.12

A number of points:

- The latest version of mIRC is version 6.16 and should ONLY be obtained from http://www.mirc.com/get.html

- XDCC is not a protocol in itself to the best of my knowledge.

- mIRC is not a file trading program and using it for mass (probably illegal) file trading is effectively mis-using it anyway, so it's not surprising if things do go wrong.

- If you're downloading movies/mp3s/software and other illegal warez then it could be you're infected with a virus or trojan. There are a number of trojans which threaten to reboot your computer, or actually DO reboot your computer. There are a number of trojans that allow people to have complete control of your computer, and therefore, reboot your computer. I suggest you run 2-3 virus scans - see this thread.

- I highly doubt this is a bug in mIRC itself.

Regards,

In addition, disabling automated reboot under Win2k/XP might help. See instructions in this thread or search the forum for more.

giving the benefit of the doubt about what you're downloading, also check out this thread