Computer connecting to irc.uq.edu.au problem

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Got an email about this problem.. if you can help this guy out, I'm sure he'll appreciate it.

Hi
my PC at home keeps attempting to connect to irc.uq.edu.au
I cant seem to stop it doing this and have just recently crashed my hard drive, as the computer got slower and slower and finally crashed the HD.
I put in a spare hd and now it keeps trying to connect as above.
Can anyone there shed any light on whats going onI have never been to yr site before and found it by googling the irc addressAny help would be appreciated cheers
Scott

Submitted by Shplorb on Thu, 19/08/04 - 10:29 PMPermalink

WTF is this person talking about? Asking them to give a better description of the problem would be a good start. There are numerous other channels on irc.uq.edu.au.

Off the top of my head, if this person is not actively using an IRC client, their computer is compromised and the virus thingy is connecting to the IRC server so that it can sit in a channel with all the other infected computers awaiting commands. Also known as a botnet. In this case they should immediately contact the administrators of the server.

Submitted by Rapid on Fri, 20/08/04 - 12:18 AMPermalink

There is a possibility that your PC could have been infected by some type of spyware. Install some kind of spyware cleaning software if you can. I had a similar problem before. At the end I had to format my HD.

Posted by souri on
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Got an email about this problem.. if you can help this guy out, I'm sure he'll appreciate it.

Hi
my PC at home keeps attempting to connect to irc.uq.edu.au
I cant seem to stop it doing this and have just recently crashed my hard drive, as the computer got slower and slower and finally crashed the HD.
I put in a spare hd and now it keeps trying to connect as above.
Can anyone there shed any light on whats going onI have never been to yr site before and found it by googling the irc addressAny help would be appreciated cheers
Scott

Submitted by Shplorb on Thu, 19/08/04 - 10:29 PMPermalink

WTF is this person talking about? Asking them to give a better description of the problem would be a good start. There are numerous other channels on irc.uq.edu.au.

Off the top of my head, if this person is not actively using an IRC client, their computer is compromised and the virus thingy is connecting to the IRC server so that it can sit in a channel with all the other infected computers awaiting commands. Also known as a botnet. In this case they should immediately contact the administrators of the server.

Submitted by Rapid on Fri, 20/08/04 - 12:18 AMPermalink

There is a possibility that your PC could have been infected by some type of spyware. Install some kind of spyware cleaning software if you can. I had a similar problem before. At the end I had to format my HD.