#se4 on Gamesurge IRC

David E. Gervais · #1 February 26th, 2003, 04:30 AM

The Last time I installed an IRC client (mIRC!) I got hacked/stacked/cracked/and otherwise forced to format my hard drive. I'll not try that again. The java chat applet is working well for me, so I'll stick with that for now.

Thanks for meaning well though!

Cheers!

Fyron · #2 February 26th, 2003, 04:40 AM

Don't go on Warez channels then David. Don't go on bad networks. Get a firewall. That sort of thing almost never happens, and will not happen just because you have an IRC client installed.

[ February 26, 2003, 02:43: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

dumbluck · #3 February 26th, 2003, 06:47 AM

{ Zone Alarm } has a very user-friendly freeware Version of their firewall out. I've used it with no problems. I've also been told that there's a good freeware firewall at this site:

http://sygate.com/

but I haven't tried it, so you might use a bit of caution there.

David E. Gervais · #4 February 27th, 2003, 02:23 AM

I didn't go to warez sites, I'm not into that sort of thing. and It's been many years since I tried mIRC, I believe it was just released and everybody was raving about it. I got hit, hard. I'm sure that the different IRC clients are much better and secure now, but I'm still very weary.

Like I said, the java app is working for me, and I'll stick with it for now.

Cheers!

[ February 26, 2003, 12:24: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

Fyron · #5 February 26th, 2003, 10:17 PM

You probably just got unlucky and hit that one in a trillion (or even more) chance.

Fyron · #6 March 5th, 2003, 06:25 AM

I think I should bump this thread up from the mirky depths at this time.

Fyron · #7 March 13th, 2003, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
I think I should bump this thread up from the mirky depths at this time.

It got mirky again. Time for de-mirkyification.