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Or CTCP PING users with cheap modems with +++ATH0
by bigfatkitten 9mo ago
Or CTCP PING users with cheap modems with +++ATH0
- theshrike79 9mo agoYou could also send a specific string to a channel, which caused mIRC to log it to a file. Then a hyper-sensitive anti-virus would see it and quarantine mirc.exe :D
- bigfatkitten 9mo agoProbably EICAR. AV engines are only supposed to fire on EICAR when the file contains only magic string, but many are/were trigger happy and will alert if it appears anywhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file
- nonamesleft 9mo agoAlso seemed to work over ICMP ping, with "+++ATH0M0DT112", they did not return to the channel. I think it was some buggy Rockwell modem chips that did not require the delay between +++ and switching to command mode, but it has been some decades.
- bigfatkitten 9mo agoIt did indeed, though people used to hide their IP addresses through various means, and so CTCP was usually a sure fire winner. Most cheap modems seemed to ignore the required 1 second (IIRC) delay. Well-heeled users who could afford U.S. Robotics et al were safe, winmodem users were not.