Dear mIRC User, mIRC version 6.12 has been released, monday October 13th, 2003. You are receiving this email because you have subscribed to the mIRC release mailing list. The new version of mIRC is available from http://www.mirc.com/ and from all fast mirrors around the world. We have also provided a few download addresses below.
mIRC v6.12 has been released to address a remote vulnerability found yesterday, capable of crashing your mIRC. The vulnerability affects versions of mIRC from v6.0 onwards, so it is highly recommended that you upgrade to mIRC v6.12. You can do so by downloading the new mIRC from the download page on mIRC's website. * How to upgrade? As you know mIRC is distributed in a self-extracting cabinet (mirc612.exe) that helps you to install mIRC on your PC. Simply download the cabinet and run the installer. Follow the instructions the installer program gives to you. When upgrading all your old settings and scripts will stay as they were, if you want that. Read the questions the installer program asks with care and nothing can go wrong. You will be chatting with the new mIRC in no time. If you get stuck or if you want to find out more about a certain feature, just click on a Help button or browse the Help file and you should find lots of hints to help you out. * Where to download? For the latest download addresses just go to the mIRC website. As a special service to you we included some links below where mIRC is available already; Holland ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/software/mirc/mirc612.exe Singapore http://www.ncmbox.net/mirc/mirc612.exe Denmark http://www.mr-fister.dk/~mirc/mirc612.exe Texas ftp://disc.cba.uh.edu/mIRC/mirc612.exe Germany http://www.mirc-help.de/mirc/mirc612.exe Finland http://mirc.internetpalvelut.net/mirc612.exe United Kingdom http://ftp.newnet.co.uk/pub/mirrors/mirc/mirc612.exe Bulgaria http://mircs.hit.bg/mirc612.exe Thailand http://www.karnt.com/mirc/mirc612.exe Singapore http://mirc.sphereosoft.net/mirc612.exe Texas http://www.gower.net/mirc/mirc612.exe On the mIRC websites also the new mIRC FAQ version 55 (mfaq55hp.zip) is available. The FAQ answers a lot of questions regarding mIRC, IRC, DCC and the like. It also includes a tutorial on Aliases, Popups and on 'programming' the Tools/Remote section. * Shareware. As you might know mIRC is shareware. It can be downloaded freely and evaluated for 30 days. Assuming you find that you enjoy using mIRC, and you continue to use it, you have to register your copy. This licenses you to keep your copy of mIRC and it supports our continued work on mIRC. Khaled offers a one time registration, which works with all future versions of mIRC. You will never need to register again. * Fixes, improvements and new features. This version is merely a bugfix version. Although no new features have been added it is very important that you upgrade as soon as possible. If you have questions, may we invite you to the message boards on mIRC's website? These discussion forums offer great help with everything related to mIRC and its features. Thanks for using mIRC, lots of fun on IRC, Tjerk Vonck. ________________________________________________________ * What is this mailing list and how can you unsubscribe? This mIRC release mailing list is a low volume, low frequency announcement list. Typically you will get one message right after each mIRC release, only a few times a year. The list is not a discussion list, there is only one person posting; me - the listmaster of mIRC Co. Ltd. We will not use or abuse this list for other messages. It is very easy to get removed from this list. Just use the unsubscribe form found on the mailing lists page on the mIRC website.
