News Item: : MPP Updates 9/20/09!
(Category: Main)
Posted by sgt-d
Sunday 20 September 2009 - 14:01:44
MPP Updates 9/20/09!
When the site was attacked last year I lost some of my news posts and planned to re-post that information as quickly as possible. Real life has kept me from revisiting this until now.
Update: The links on this page might not work from your email client. They didn't work for me and a few others. Please visit the website ( http://mircpowerpack.net/ ) to download the files listed below.
Update: I have added most users to the automatic notifications for MPP News events. If you do not want to receive email messages: MPP Website -> Settings -> Personal Info. Uncheck "News (All)" if you never want news updates emailed to you. Also uncheck "News (Main)" if you never want brand new news items emailed to you.
MPP 20090920 (Automatic)
This package includes updated MCC.EXE, MCC.INI and MPP.INI all of which reside in your mpp\system\mpp folder. The INI updates help MPP realize that the best version of mIRC is now 6.35.
The original version of MPP Control Center (MCC.EXE) was timestamped "2/29/08 12:20 AM". The new EXE is timestamped "1/7/09 4:53 PM". This update fixed some issues with NickServ or AuthServ on some IRC servers.
MPP 20090920 download: mpp-20090920.exe
Automatic instructions for an existing MPP installation: Close MPP and mIRC. Download this file and save it (or move it) to your main MPP folder. Once it is in this folder double click the EXE and select "overwrite all".
Manual instructions for an existing MPP installation: Download the EXE (above) to your Desktop and then double click it to run it. Files will be extracted to a new folder named "system". Inside the desktop\system\mpp folder, copy all files to your program files\mpp\system\mpp folder.
Instructions for a "clean" MPP installation: If you do a clean install of MPP and skip the automatic "Start MPP after installation" step... you can run this patch to upgrade MPP so that on it's first run it will ask for mIRC 6.35 instead of mIRC 6.31 (which was the default version of mIRC for MPP RC13).
MPP Control Center (MCC) Update (Manual)
If you only want to get the updated MCC.EXE you can download the ZIP file (below).
The original version of MPP Control Center (MCC.EXE) was timestamped "2/29/08 12:20 AM". The new EXE is timestamped "1/7/09 4:53 PM". This update fixed some issues with NickServ or AuthServ on some IRC servers.
MCC 20090107 download: mcc-20090107.zip
Instructions: MCC.EXE inside this ZIP file needs to be extracted to your mpp\system\mpp folder (overwrite the old EXE).
MPP FiSH
The updated version of MPP FiSH (encryption for mIRC 6.35) is now available!
MPP FiSH for mIRC 6.35 download: mpp-fish.exe
Note: This EXE is different than the EXE on the MPP FiSH page.
Please visit the MPP FiSH page for instructions on installation and usage.
MPP Is A Virus!
False alarms piss me off!
One user reported yesterday that at least one of the DLL's for the MSN plugin inside MPP is triggering an alarm on his scanner. It could be any of these files: C:\Program Files (x86)\mIRC Power Pack\system\msnmirc\dll\*.dll (mdx.dll, MPopup.dll, ssl.dll, blah.dll, nHTMLn.dll).
If you get a false positive alarm for a file in the MPP folder, please email your report to sgt-d@sodpit.com - but please DO NOT submit a report IF you use the MPP Subsystem (described a little farther down the page).
I only use Clamwin AntiVirus. My Clamwin is current (0.95.2) and using the latest database (main: 51, daily: 9816) and a CLEAN installation of MPP (withOUT the MPP Subsystem) results in ZERO infected files:
The MPP Subsystem was an honest attempt to remove most of the files that triggered "false positives" for most virus scanners out there in the wild. The idea was to deliberately NOT include any "suspicious" files that normally trigger alarms inside the main MPP installers. The MPP Subsystem includes all of these files and can be installed separately. YOU DO NOT NEED THESE FILES. In most cases MPP is almost 100% functional for normal use without these files.
IF you decide to install it, you will most likely start seeing "false positives" for some files like I did:
Again, your decision to install the MPP Subsytem might trigger alarms. If you don't want to take any chances, don't install it.
I will also mention again that although many files have been reported over the years there have been ZERO reports of any problems/attacks/trojans that ever actually worked because of MPP. In other words, I use the MPP Subsystem as do tons of other people without any issues at all.
In Closing
I hope this update helps. I will be starting new development on MPP in the near future. I'm waitning for Windows 7 release so I can rebuild my new computer on the newest OS possible and setup my devolopment environment for the five hundredth time.
Sorry for the delays! I'm still here!!!
/sgt
This news item is from mIRC Power Pack
( http://www.mircpowerpack.net/news.php?extend.15 )
(Category: Main)
Posted by sgt-d
Sunday 20 September 2009 - 14:01:44
MPP Updates 9/20/09!
When the site was attacked last year I lost some of my news posts and planned to re-post that information as quickly as possible. Real life has kept me from revisiting this until now.
Update: The links on this page might not work from your email client. They didn't work for me and a few others. Please visit the website ( http://mircpowerpack.net/ ) to download the files listed below.
Update: I have added most users to the automatic notifications for MPP News events. If you do not want to receive email messages: MPP Website -> Settings -> Personal Info. Uncheck "News (All)" if you never want news updates emailed to you. Also uncheck "News (Main)" if you never want brand new news items emailed to you.
MPP 20090920 (Automatic)
This package includes updated MCC.EXE, MCC.INI and MPP.INI all of which reside in your mpp\system\mpp folder. The INI updates help MPP realize that the best version of mIRC is now 6.35.
The original version of MPP Control Center (MCC.EXE) was timestamped "2/29/08 12:20 AM". The new EXE is timestamped "1/7/09 4:53 PM". This update fixed some issues with NickServ or AuthServ on some IRC servers.
MPP 20090920 download: mpp-20090920.exe
Automatic instructions for an existing MPP installation: Close MPP and mIRC. Download this file and save it (or move it) to your main MPP folder. Once it is in this folder double click the EXE and select "overwrite all".
Manual instructions for an existing MPP installation: Download the EXE (above) to your Desktop and then double click it to run it. Files will be extracted to a new folder named "system". Inside the desktop\system\mpp folder, copy all files to your program files\mpp\system\mpp folder.
Instructions for a "clean" MPP installation: If you do a clean install of MPP and skip the automatic "Start MPP after installation" step... you can run this patch to upgrade MPP so that on it's first run it will ask for mIRC 6.35 instead of mIRC 6.31 (which was the default version of mIRC for MPP RC13).
MPP Control Center (MCC) Update (Manual)
If you only want to get the updated MCC.EXE you can download the ZIP file (below).
The original version of MPP Control Center (MCC.EXE) was timestamped "2/29/08 12:20 AM". The new EXE is timestamped "1/7/09 4:53 PM". This update fixed some issues with NickServ or AuthServ on some IRC servers.
MCC 20090107 download: mcc-20090107.zip
Instructions: MCC.EXE inside this ZIP file needs to be extracted to your mpp\system\mpp folder (overwrite the old EXE).
MPP FiSH
The updated version of MPP FiSH (encryption for mIRC 6.35) is now available!
MPP FiSH for mIRC 6.35 download: mpp-fish.exe
Note: This EXE is different than the EXE on the MPP FiSH page.
Please visit the MPP FiSH page for instructions on installation and usage.
MPP Is A Virus!
False alarms piss me off!
One user reported yesterday that at least one of the DLL's for the MSN plugin inside MPP is triggering an alarm on his scanner. It could be any of these files: C:\Program Files (x86)\mIRC Power Pack\system\msnmirc\dll\*.dll (mdx.dll, MPopup.dll, ssl.dll, blah.dll, nHTMLn.dll).
If you get a false positive alarm for a file in the MPP folder, please email your report to sgt-d@sodpit.com - but please DO NOT submit a report IF you use the MPP Subsystem (described a little farther down the page).
I only use Clamwin AntiVirus. My Clamwin is current (0.95.2) and using the latest database (main: 51, daily: 9816) and a CLEAN installation of MPP (withOUT the MPP Subsystem) results in ZERO infected files:
The MPP Subsystem was an honest attempt to remove most of the files that triggered "false positives" for most virus scanners out there in the wild. The idea was to deliberately NOT include any "suspicious" files that normally trigger alarms inside the main MPP installers. The MPP Subsystem includes all of these files and can be installed separately. YOU DO NOT NEED THESE FILES. In most cases MPP is almost 100% functional for normal use without these files.
IF you decide to install it, you will most likely start seeing "false positives" for some files like I did:
Again, your decision to install the MPP Subsytem might trigger alarms. If you don't want to take any chances, don't install it.
I will also mention again that although many files have been reported over the years there have been ZERO reports of any problems/attacks/trojans that ever actually worked because of MPP. In other words, I use the MPP Subsystem as do tons of other people without any issues at all.
In Closing
I hope this update helps. I will be starting new development on MPP in the near future. I'm waitning for Windows 7 release so I can rebuild my new computer on the newest OS possible and setup my devolopment environment for the five hundredth time.
Sorry for the delays! I'm still here!!!
/sgt
This news item is from mIRC Power Pack
( http://www.mircpowerpack.net/news.php?extend.15 )