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THE 2005 BEGINNER’S GUIDE TOGETTING WAREZ ON IRC
BY: DIzzIE [c]opyleft 2005
0. Prelude
Well, it’s been three and a half years since the first edition of the guide came out so it’shigh time this second edition is put together to keep you abreast of the developments inthe so-called IRC scene. If you haven’t read the 2002 guide, fret you not—as this guidewill explain everything you need to know to get started with download warez from IRC.On that note, this guide is orientated towards the complete beginner, someone who’snever heard of IRC (Internet Relay Chat). On the other hand, if you have used IRCbefore, skip through the first few sections, but at least cast a cursory glance on some of the other sections, you just might learn something new ;). Secondly, if any of the linksdon’t work by the time you get your grubby paws on this guide, you can always typecreative search strings like ‘mirc’ into your favourite search engine. And finally, whilesome basic IRC commands are covered in this guide, this is primarily a guide ondownloading warez,
not 
on using IRC…there’s plenty of those guides around. Check outwww.irchelp.orgfor starters, as well as typing
 /help
in your IRC client.And now, on with the show…
I. Downloading & Configuring IRC
 As the majority of computer users also happen to use Windows this guide will featureexamples and screenshots from mIRC, the most popular Windows IRC client. However,as the commands for IRC are, for the most part, universal, you can use the samecommands irrespective of the particular client. There are, of course, various IRC clientsfor other operating systems: such as Ircle (www.ircle.com
 
) for Mac, or BitchX(www.bitchx.com) for UNIX .Now then, step one is to download IRC. Hop on over to the official mIRC homepage(www.mirc.com) and download the latest version (6.16 at the time of this writing).
 
 2 Figure 1. The mIRC Homepage. As you can see, you can Download mIRC, read the IRCFAQ, get a basic list of commands, and much more…Once you have downloaded the install file (which should be just a wee bit over onemegabyte), go ahead and install it. There’s no dire need to change any install settings, sogo with the defaults if you’re unsure about anything during the install process.After mIRC is installed, go ahead and start the program up. Each time you start theunregistered shareware version you’ll be presented with an annoying nag screen askingyou to, well, register. You can either cough up $20 athttp://www.mirc.com/register.html,or hop onto your favourite crack site—check outhttp://astalavista.box.sk —and downloada key generator or serial. See my guide on finding serial numbers if you need more helpin that area:http://www.dizzy.ws/serials.htm.Following the registration, go ahead and restart mIRC. You will now see Options menupop-up:
 
 3 Figure 2. The basic mIRC Options menu.1.
 
Enter a fake name or a brief piece of witty social commentary here.2.
 
Same as #13.
 
Enter your handle or nickname, what others will see you as on IRC. Somethingakin to ‘1337h4x0r’ will get you all of the respect you deserve.4.
 
A backup nickname in case someone already has the one you specified in step 3.5.
 
Check the Invisible mode box. This adds a very light layer of anonymity, forinstance if someone wanted to see a list of users in a channel without joining thechannel, and you didn’t have invisible mode set, on some servers one could type
 /who #channelname
and get a list of users, whom one could then spam…After you have setup the main Connect menu, click on the Servers subcategory underConnect in the Category area on the left:
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