| Renegade "Relays" - Advisory [message #19608] |
Fri, 09 May 2003 10:36  |
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Blazer
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Registered: February 2003
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Anyone who has been playing Renegade for a long time or reads various C&C sites has heard of a "relay" program. For those who do not know what the relay is, it is basically a program that acts as an IRC proxy server, to allow you to connect to WOL using MIRC or other irc programs.
The relay has been used in the past to exploit insecurities of WOL to change channel topics, kick/ban users etc. WOL fixed most of these problems, and now all the relay is good for is talking in the WOL chat lobbies. However many people also use it to get peoples IP addresses to perform DOS attacks on them.
The MAIN reason many individuals release a relay is because they infect it with a virus or trojan!
In the past there have been versions of the relay that trojaned your PC and added it to the individuals "botnet", and your PC becomes part of their DOS army. Virus scanners do not detect this trojan, since it is basically a stripped down version of mirc32.exe, and set to run silently in the background when your computer starts up.
Certain individuals are preparing to open an "anti n00bstories" website, and on it they plan to release yet another version of the relay. I highly suggest that nobody download or try this relay, as even if it is not a trojan (it probably will be), accessing WOL using the relay is just...a waste of time...as I said all you can do is talk in the chat rooms with it so big deal.
If past trends hold true, the relay will be released with an official sounding name like "Crimsons Renegade Relay". Do NOT believe that she is in any way affiliated with it. The only reason they put her name on it is to both add some legitimacy to it, and an attempt to stab at her personally. The relay may also be advertised on WOL itself using an irc bot that pages everyone who log into the chat lobbies (this has happened before). Don't be fooled, even if the bots name is something official sounding.
There are no patches for renegade, there are no aimbots out, there are no trainers or game cheats worth having, and there is no good reason to download or use the relay.
Be advised, and tell your friends. Avoid the relay.
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