I have one question again. I’ve just downloaded a Mirc, but it’s some kind of modificated Mirc - it’s called “The Bulgarian Mirc Revolution”
It uses the same mirc core/kernel, but I’ve noticed that avast!'s provider don’t scan it. Why? I have WinXP SP2 and the latest avast! version of course
OK. Thanks for responding Lee I’ve just thought that the provider would scan all mIRC clients, but it seems that I am wrong.
I don’t think that Alwil will add it to the Instant Messaging provider, because the program isn’t very famoust and second because the program don’t have English interface, it only has Bulgarian one
So, using the modificated Mirc it does not count?
I’m affraid it’s not being scanned. Maybe you need to set C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashQuick.exe to manually scans…
I believe many of the P2P/IM programs are actually checked by the Standard Shield subsystem, according to their process name (so you can have Standard Shield on lower sensitiviry, but all the files created by these processes are still checked).
So… maybe this modified Mirc uses a different executable name? If it’s the case, you can try renaming it to the default one (mirc.exe?) and see if it helps.
Don’t forget that mIRC is just one (and by far the most common) client used to access IRC. There are others (sorry, I can’t remember them, I’ve been IRC-inactive too long) which are popular because users like their GUI’s better, or they seem to handle graphics better, etc.
So it’s not surprising that mIRC is the one specifically protected by the IM provider. It’s a lot like the P2P field, where there are all kinds of services and avast! is constantly adding to the ones which it protects.