Content
MIRC/Generic
- Type
- Virus
- SubType
- mIRC Worm
- Discovery Date
- Length
- Varies
- Minimum DAT
- 4164 (10/03/2001)
- Updated DAT
- 5169 (11/22/2007)
- Minimum Engine
- 5.1.00
- Description Added
- 01/03/2003
- Description Modified
- 01/03/2003 2:57 PM (PT)
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Characteristics
This is a generic detection of IRC (Internet Relay Chat) worms that use a mIRC script to send themselves to other IRC users. mIRC is a popular IRC client application. Other scripts, such as VBScripts, or batch files, often install such worms. It's not uncommon for these installer scripts to also be detected as MIRC/Generic.
Symptoms
As this is a generic detection covering hundreds of different viruses, specific details cannot be given.
Method of Infection
Varies
Removal
All Users:
Use current engine and DAT files for detection. Delete any file which contains this detection.
Variants
Variants
N/A
All Information
Overview -
This is a virus detection. Viruses are programs that self-replicate recursively, meaning that infected systems spread the virus to other systems, which then propagate the virus further. While many viruses contain a destructive payload, it's quite common for viruses to do nothing more than spread from one system to another.
Characteristics
Characteristics -
This is a generic detection of IRC (Internet Relay Chat) worms that use a mIRC script to send themselves to other IRC users. mIRC is a popular IRC client application. Other scripts, such as VBScripts, or batch files, often install such worms. It's not uncommon for these installer scripts to also be detected as MIRC/Generic.
Symptoms
Symptoms -
As this is a generic detection covering hundreds of different viruses, specific details cannot be given.
Method of Infection
Method of Infection -
Varies
Removal -
Removal -
All Users:
Use current engine and DAT files for detection. Delete any file which contains this detection.
Additional Windows ME/XP removal considerations
Variants
Variants -
N/A
