False Positive.

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi all,

I’m trying to download an old version of mirc chatting program version number 6.21

But everytime I try and download it Avast blocks it saying its a suspicious file. The site I go to for old versions of programs is called oldversion .com (i typed the space so its not a live link… wasnt sure of forum policy).

Even if I disable the avast shields to download it, and re-enable them, I cant install it.

Whats funny is all the other versions of that program, so far as I’ve tested, download with avast having no problems with it.

2

They have a wealth of old software there, but they do not scan for viruses.
When you scan the download file with Metascan Online what results do you get?

polonus

3

I’ve never had any problems with files from there before, and I know of other people in the past who have downloaded that file.

How do I download the file in other to upload it to that site you mentioned? Is there a site I can just put in the download url in to? Surely that would be safer.

Edit: I just tried to download the file from filehippo .com , a site some of the mods have suggested people use previously, and still no joy. the file name is mirc621.exe

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Is there a site I can just put in the download url in to?
www.virustotal.com
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mirc621
https://www.virustotal.com/nb/file/b36b3452006cf3344c3c8dc8831636554adc0050345e177f6dc7f6a7036bc006/analysis/1422749954/

riskware / PUP

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Ok, I managed to download the file and uploaded to that site. it says 9/57 say its a virus.

--virus-- Avast Win32:Mirc-Z [PUP] 20150201 Comodo ApplicUnwnt.Win32.ClientIRC.mIRC.621 20150131 DrWeb Program.mIRC.621 20150201 Ikarus not-a-virus:Client-IRC.Win32.mIRC 20150131 Kaspersky not-a-virus:Client-IRC.Win32.mIRC.621 20150131 Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Generic.(kcloud) 20150201 NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.MIRC.cbjdv 20150131 Rising PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.12A209D4!312609236 20150130 nProtect Abuse-Worry/W32.mIRC.1367553 20150130

–not virus–
ALYac 20150131
AVG 20150131
AVware 20150201
Ad-Aware 20150131
AegisLab 20150130
Agnitum 20150131
AhnLab-V3 20150131
Alibaba 20150130
Antiy-AVL 20150131
Avira 20150131
Baidu-International 20150130
BitDefender 20150201
Bkav 20150130
ByteHero 20150201
CAT-QuickHeal 20150131
CMC 20150129
ClamAV 20150201
Cyren 20150201
ESET-NOD32 20150131
Emsisoft 20150201
F-Prot 20150201
F-Secure 20150131
Fortinet 20150131
GData 20150131
Jiangmin 20150131
K7AntiVirus 20150131
K7GW 20150130
Malwarebytes 20150131
McAfee 20150131
McAfee-GW-Edition 20150131
MicroWorld-eScan 20150131
Microsoft 20150131
Norman 20150131
Panda 20150131
Qihoo-360 20150201
SUPERAntiSpyware 20150131
Sophos 20150131
Symantec 20150201
Tencent 20150201
TheHacker 20150131
TotalDefense 20150201
TrendMicro 20150131
TrendMicro-HouseCall 20150131
VBA32 20150129
VIPRE 20150131
ViRobot 20150131
Zillya 20150131
Zoner 20150130

I’ve not had any problems with mirc before, and as I say every other version of mirc from both oldversion and filehippo is able to be downloaded and doesnt contain any viruses or anything.

I think its a false positive.

The file itself unpacks in to different files and directories. The actual program name when using the program is mirc.exe which is universal with all versions of mIRC. I can see how it would exhibit malware properties because of its unpacking etc. But as far as I know its safe.

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Why not downloading the latest version?
If looks like you are trying to use it illegally.
Mirc is not freeware, you will have to pay for it.

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I have paid for it, but I’m using a script (addons that most mIRC’ers use) that only works on older versions unfortunately.

The trouble is nobody makes script addons for the new versions these days. sadly the IRC networks arent what they used to be.

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it says 9/57 say its a [b]virus[/b].
something is wrong with your reading ;)

avast = Win32:Mirc-Z [PUP]
kaspersky = not-a-virus:Client-IRC.Win32.mIRC.621
NANO = Riskware.Win32.MIRC.cbjdv
nProtect = Abuse-Worry/W32.mIRC.1367553

PUP = not virus / Possible Unwanted Program

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lol… you are right :slight_smile:

Anyways, I thought I’d just bring it to you guys attention. I do trust avast’s program more than the others, so I’ll avoid the program to be on the safe side.

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As people say “better be safe than sorry” :slight_smile:

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Dalnet and Undernet have good help channels with Mirc scripting.
There shouldn’t be much that have to change in order to make your script(s) work with the latest version.
Besides, Khaled has made changes for more compatibility with old(er) scripts.
It can very well be they work in version 7.38

Besides that, there some (possible) security holes patched and you can always look for a script that is working.
There really is no need to use a old(er) version of Mirc.