yllus
Elite Member & Lifer
mIRC versions 6.0 through 6.11 are all affected, so see http://www.mirc.co.uk/get.html for download locations - upgrading from previous versions is a completely painless process.
Information on the exploit itself:
Starting Oct 12, 2003, an exploit was used to crash many people's mIRC clients. All versions from 6.0 thru 6.11 were affected, 6.12 was released Oct 13 to fix the problem. The exploit involves a DCC command which can be sent to any person or channel, no matter what your DCC options are. (DCC is used to trade files or for DCC chat.) You can either download the new version (and hope it has no new bugs), or if you can afford to wait a few days, maybe stick to the old temporary fix of ignoring all DCC sends entirely. Just type the following command, on a new line by itself in any chat window, beginning with the slash character:
/ignore -wd *
Taken from irchelp.org.
Information on the exploit itself:
Starting Oct 12, 2003, an exploit was used to crash many people's mIRC clients. All versions from 6.0 thru 6.11 were affected, 6.12 was released Oct 13 to fix the problem. The exploit involves a DCC command which can be sent to any person or channel, no matter what your DCC options are. (DCC is used to trade files or for DCC chat.) You can either download the new version (and hope it has no new bugs), or if you can afford to wait a few days, maybe stick to the old temporary fix of ignoring all DCC sends entirely. Just type the following command, on a new line by itself in any chat window, beginning with the slash character:
/ignore -wd *
Taken from irchelp.org.
