There was a link through yahoo answers that gave me a virus that I had to delete by hand named "mIRC". I had to open it up and delete it's insides, then hit delete after reset at startup to set it back to auto detect primary master and slave drives, then I had to get to the control panel to delete the program before it started running (it wouldn't let me delete a program that windows was still using) Has anyone heard of this virus? It was a chat type link that keeps reopening hundreds of pop ups until you overload.
2006-09-05 03:31:35 · 5 answers · asked by ~blessss♫☼ ♪♥ ☼ ♠♫ ♣☺☻ 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
mIRC, by itself, is not the name of a virus. It is a name of a very common IRC (chat) client. However, this program supports a rather powerful scripting language - powerful enough to write viruses in it. And many people have written viruses using this language. These viruses usually replicate over IRC - but some of them have additional components that can infect documents, executable files, etc.
So, "mIRC" is a platform for which viruses exist. Some (many) anti-virus programs would report the platform before the name of the virus. So, if they find a virus named "Foo.A" for mIRC, they would report "mIRC/Foo.A" or "mIRC.Foo.A" or something like that. Most likely, what you have is one of those - look carefully at the name reported by your anti-virus program *after* the "mIRC" part.
The rest of your symptoms (pop-up, etc.) suggest that you have adware/spyware installed on your computer - possibly with the help of the mIRC component.
My suggestion is that you get a good anti-virus program and a good anti-adware/spyware program and run them on your computer in disinfection mode. Most of the major anti-virus companies offer evaluation versions of their software; you can use that to get rid of your virus problem. Kaspersky's, McAfee's and F-PROT are among the best.
For your spyware/adware problem, two of the best programs are Spybot Search & Destroy, and AdAware - both are free.
2006-09-05 04:38:19 · answer #1 · answered by Vesselin Bontchev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It actually an adware, not a virus (minor detail). Recommend that you do a complete spyware sacan of your PC.
Run both Ad-aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and Skybot (http://www.safer-networking.org/) to remove any spyware. Run both as one may caught something the other missing. Then go to microsoft.com and download Defender to protect against future infections. All three are free.
If not do not have an up-to-date virus scanner on your PC:
Download and run AVG virus scanner from http://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup/avg71free_405a782.exe for free
2006-09-05 03:37:48 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. I know what the program mIRC is though. Alot of computer hackers, geeks, nerds among many people who use that. Check trend micro security site for something about virus.
2006-09-05 03:37:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey there,
To get mIRC for free you can click here on the link http://j.mp/1no9Vx9
It's a must have program.
2014-07-21 02:49:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mIRC is a very famour IRC client, you can find out more about it from the following site.
2006-09-05 03:39:12 · answer #5 · answered by aqeeliz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋