Posted by Linkinpark17UK
Is IRC the same as programs like msn messenger and ICQ or is it something completely different as I have been infected with an IRC-Worm but I don't know where it came from.
Posted by [MDS]
it is different... it is more like Kazaa or Morpheus... it is for sharing the files....
Posted by cwchee
IRC and msn messager/yahoo messager is about the same thing! They are both chatting programmes!
The only diff is that IRC is able to search for things to download and you get to chat with more strangers!
Msn/yahoo on the other hand is another chat thingy but you can only chat to those whom you have added to your contact list so you wouldn't be meeting stranger but friends that you know of!
One more thing, if you are using IRC, you need to get connected to the server which sometimes can take quite a long time but msn/yahoo messager doesn't have such kinds of problems!
Posted by sunjivas
IRC = Internet Relay Chat
its like a chatroom, so ne1 can connect to your comp and can download files and you can download files from them
Posted by [MDS]
so would not it make a peer-to-peer file exchange program, with chat enabled interface????
Posted by orang3
it is a place where you can find babes who look like pigs.. ehheeh
Posted by Dj_Free`
irc is Mirc
Posted by jnonhoffzieg
Linkinpark17UK, IRC isn't really a program. Many software programs like mIRC use the public access IRC servers for different things. Some programs are geared towards letting people chat (similar to AIM or ICQ) while others are made to facilitate the sharing or trading of data (similar to Kazaa).
Posted by [C]yNo$
yesh ..
Posted by Linkinpark17UK
Thanx guys, i use WinMX, so it may have come from there, is it true that the music companies like have declared war on Music sharing by flooding P2P programs with viruses?
Posted by sunjivas
i havent heard nethin like that bfor tho
possibly.....wudnt b surprised the money we're doing them out off!