I don't go on IRC, thats virus central.
Just to pick up on this (and im not derailing this thread), but a lot of people seem 'afraid' of going on IRC lest a
virus get them. This makes absolutely no sense to anyone who can actually use a computer.
Dont download something you're not sure of, or not sure of the person.
Dont do what someone tells you to do to your computer, unless its admin.
IRC isn't one place, there are lots and lots of different IRC networks, quakenet, dalnet, efnet being the most popular, and I can assure you that the one that this site (irc.chatbear.com) uses is quite safe and well moderated, as opposed to the geeky mad max 2 kind of world you seem to portray. If you think IRC is full of viruses which will kill you and zap you when you login, you know little about IRC or viruses or computers. If you DO know all this, and yet you cannot trust your own common sense to decide not to download "not-teh-viruz.bmp.exe" from "A0LH4X0R" then please switch off your computer and cover it in cellophane. Both you, and your computer will feel much better for it.
The chatroom is as important as the forums for this community, and I'd really like you to think before you scare people away with your misguided, off-the-cuff remarks riley.