Links

[Asmo]

All the links you need to stuff that matters. Got a link that should be posted here? Let us know!

IRC clients
mIRC Windows, all time favourite. Pirch, Windows, I removed the link becuase they choose to advertise SpyWare programs from their homepage.
Virc, Windows, seems they picked up development again.
Xircon, another windows IRC client.
BersIRC, windows, freeware
BitchX Unix console, seems to be favourite on all flavours of unix.
Epic Unix client with good scripting and bot features
Xchat, Unix GUI. It also releases an Windows version as shareware.
Silverex (X-Chat 2) is releasing freeware Windows builds.
Ircle Macintosh.
Snak, Macintosh, great IRC client.
Amirc, Amiga client, dont forget: you need MUI to run it.
Lirc, another Acorn IRC client. More feature rich according to some(and I cant check that ;)).
upIRC, for users who like to IRC on their PalmOS
Valinor, these guys have a very complete list up of clients for a bunch of OS's.
ScrollZ, console client based on ircII.
IceChat, freeware Windows client.
jmIrc, is a J2ME MIDlet. It allows you to IRC from mobile phones that have support to install such programs.
zsIRC Freeware (for non-commercial use) client for mobile devices.

Programs
CRT, very nice shareware telnet/SSH program.
Putty, freeware Telnet/SSH client.
FileZilla, excellent freeware opensource FTP client.
7Zip, freeware file (de-)compression program, supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO and RPM.
Geektools Whois client, excellent little tool to search up abuse handles for IP's and hosts.
WinSCP, open source Secure CoPy client. For uploading and downloading files over SSH, so it is encrypted and save, without the possibility it is being sniffed.

IRC websites
IRC.org, the original home of IRC.
History of IRC, probally one of the many stories, but here it is for the interested :o).
IRChelp.org, shame on you if you need this!
New2Chat, site to get you up and going quickly.
Fantasy Name Generator, need to come up with a cool new nick? Check out this fabulous site. Click a button, and it generates tons of cool nicks.
Netsplit.de, lots of statistics on all major networks. Defenitally worth to browse by every once in a while.
The IRC Prelude, introduction for IRC newbies.
bash.org, script similar to our quotes section. Awesome browsing.
SearchIRC, search engine for IRC. Same engine as we offer in the "search IRC" menu item to the left.
Who is a lamer? If you need help on finding that out...
iQuotes-FR, a french language quotes website.
IRC-Toolz.com, IRC news, scripts, bots and more.
LinuxIRC, Linux and IRC resources.
IRC News, website and channel that brings togheter a large number of RSS feeds.
#HelpDesk DALnet based channel for help with scripting and bots.

Bot stuff
Egghelp.org, THE bot if you are searching for a all round bot. Possibilities are endless by using one or more extra addon scripts that are downloadable freely over the net.
EggHeads, another good eggdrop resource.
Windrops,The name sort of says it already, Eggdrop bots compiled for the Windows OS.
Darkbot, the help bot for bussy channels where a lot of faq's need to be answered. Can also be used for fun.. Take a look in the logs page for some examples.
SUNiNET, eggdrop/tcl resource site. Excellent place to goto when you have problems with TCL..
Loufiz project, a botlending project where you can get 3 stable eggdrops, on 3 seperate bot servers to add stability to your channel. This service is restricted to Undernet.
Winbot, a full IRC bot for the Windows OS. As expected for this OS, it has a GUI where everything can be configured in.
oer, bot for *nix systems ("and for windows" according to their site, but you need Cygwin then (...)), which optionally can make use of a MySQL database.
Piespy, this is a bot that makes image files and animations of social diagrams in a channel.
Dreambot the "next generation IRC bot" according to their own words! Can not really find more information about it to put in here ...
EggInfo aims to be informative and helpful, guiding you through setting up an eggdrop to creating your own scripts.

Networks
EFNet
UnderNet
DALnet
QuakeNet
IRCnet
GameSurge

Bouncers
BNC, one of the most popular bouncers. The "official" webpage seems down. So here another url with a download link and a short setup tutorial.
PsyBNC, the (IMO) overbloated BNC.

IRCD
IRCU, the Undernet server software.
GNUWorld, Undernet's EUWorld oper services.
Bahamut, the popular Dalnet server software.
Bahamut community, a forum where you can discuss pretty much everything that concerns bahamut.
Unreal IRCD, another popular IRCD software
rfc1459, the IRC protocol.
CTCP and DCC Protocol, in case you are a scripter this is interesting.

Security
housecall, good free to use online scanner/remover. Click the "scan without registering" link.
Panda Software, another one time scan, good if your computer is infected and you need outside cleaner since the virus on your computer prevents running/installing of antivirus software. (link is bottom-left in the menu)
Blackice Defender, another good firewall, more suited for the non-technical ppl that are paranoid enough to run a firewall.
Zonealarm, A free firewall for personal, non commercial use. Suited for ppl without knowledge to setup rules for ip masks and ports.
NoHack, the place to goto for IRC's security related items. Port listings, virus removal information, security hazards and more.
DMSetup, website of the Undernet channel #dmsetup. Help channel for the removal of trojans, worms and virusses.
AntiVir, another free for personal use anti virus program.
Tiny Personal Firewall, another good firewall.
AVG AntiVirus, free antivirus program.
Sam Spade, handy page if you need more information on a domain or IP. For example to get the abuse contact details of a ISP.
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