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mybot.log files =13GB
« on: 7 April 2005, 23:37 »
what are mybot.log files and why would they be taking up so much space? the computer is a bit old and the harddrive has like 15GB so it's completely full and it doesnt have the cache necessary to print or whatever because of that.

My mother's computer...
they're in system32...

argh.
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Re: mybot.log files =13GB
« Reply #1 on: 7 April 2005, 23:59 »
ROFL


Looks like you've been comprimised, I suggest

A) http://www.linuxiso.org, or
B) http://www.msfn.org

with (A) being the noble choice.
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Re: mybot.log files =13GB
« Reply #2 on: 8 April 2005, 00:04 »
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ROFL


Looks like you've been comprimised, I suggest

A) http://www.linuxiso.org, or
B) http://www.msfn.org

with (A) being the noble choice.


(B) being the cowardly choice. haha...

thanks.
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Re: mybot.log files =13GB
« Reply #3 on: 8 April 2005, 00:13 »
Kinda sounds like a logfile for an IRC chatbot.  My recommendation?  Uninstall IRC-X-Matrix or whatever client "package" you're using and just use mIRC.  Better yet, support FOSS and try out NodeIRC to see if it meets your needs.  I'm still not quite sure how to use IRC through Gaim, but then I'm not real big on using IM clients for chatroom purposes.  ;)

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Re: mybot.log files =13GB
« Reply #4 on: 8 April 2005, 00:34 »
Bah.  X-Chat.
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Re: mybot.log files =13GB
« Reply #5 on: 8 April 2005, 06:34 »
X-Chat logs are HUGE (not that it's x-chat's fault in-particular). I have a big harddrive, but i'm not going to let some log file steal 20 GB of space.

(20 GB is an estimate, but it was HUGE, I was shocked to see how much space it took up. That was only for like a few months too).

Channels and private messages take up a lot of space. If you have logging on, you might want to reconsider staying idle in a channel all the time :\.

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Re: mybot.log files =13GB
« Reply #6 on: 8 April 2005, 07:21 »
It sounds like DDOS kiddies have got your computer, install a fucking Virus Scanner.

http://free.grisoft.com

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Re: mybot.log files =13GB
« Reply #7 on: 8 April 2005, 08:02 »
It sounds like someone has been rampantly abusing IRC logging facilities.  Forget alarmism, delete the logs, and switch OSes already.

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Re: mybot.log files =13GB
« Reply #8 on: 8 April 2005, 23:29 »
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X-Chat logs are HUGE (not that it's x-chat's fault in-particular). I have a big harddrive, but i'm not going to let some log file steal 20 GB of space.

(20 GB is an estimate, but it was HUGE, I was shocked to see how much space it took up. That was only for like a few months too).

Channels and private messages take up a lot of space. If you have logging on, you might want to reconsider staying idle in a channel all the time :\.

20GB in a few months?  I've been saving X-Chat logs for a week or so, and the biggest single log is 683k.  Less than 1MB altogether...
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Re: mybot.log files =13GB
« Reply #9 on: 9 April 2005, 05:37 »
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Kinda sounds like a logfile for an IRC chatbot.  My recommendation?  Uninstall IRC-X-Matrix or whatever client "package" you're using and just use mIRC.  Better yet, support FOSS and try out NodeIRC to see if it meets your needs.  I'm still not quite sure how to use IRC through Gaim, but then I'm not real big on using IM clients for chatroom purposes.  ;)


Also:  BitchX (Linux, BSD, etc.) & ChatZilla (Cross Platform) are good open source choices.
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