How to Download Files Using IRC ~ P2P Heaven

IRC is the one of the earliest known chat systems. The concept is easy; people connect over servers which allow them to chat with other people. There are servers for almost any topic; sports, news, gaming, internet, general chat etc.

As for clients, most people use the mIRC client, which is what makes it the most reliable IRC client.

IRC is also used to transfer files from user to user. A large amount of servers deal with releasing warez, and today I'll be showing you how to access and download from these warez servers.

1. First off, you'll need to download mIRC (keygen included).

2. Extract the archive to any folder, and register your mIRC using the provided keygen.

3. Open up your client and go to Tools>Options (the Options menu should pop-up automatically when you start mIRC). A box like this should open.

4. In the Connect tab, enter your own information; name, e-mail and nickname. (Don't enter your real name, unless you're stupid)

5. In the DCC tab, pick the same options as shown in the picture.

6. In DCC>Ignore, change the Method to "Disabled" and uncheck "Turn ignore back on".

7. In the Servers tab, click on "Add" and a box should pop-up. Enter the following information in the box, and then click on "Add".

8. In the Options tab, keep only the first two boxes ticked.

9. In the IRC tab, change your settings to the settings in the picture below.

10. Now your mIRC is ready to start downloading, close it.

11. To search for files, go to any one of the sites below.

ISOHunt

PacketNews

XDCCSpy

IRCDig

12. I chose PacketNews, because I think it's the best.

13. Open up the site you chose and search for a file using the search bar.

14. Once the page is loaded, you should have a bunch of tables that look sort of like the picture below.

I've color-coded each part of the results page. Here's the legend:

Red: The file that you want to download.
Blue: The packet number.
Green: The file size.
Orange: The files' description.

15. To connect to the files' server, all you have to do is click the packet number. (Make sure you are using Internet Explorer 7 or above)

16. A message similar to the one below will appear once you do so. Make sure to click on "Allow Access".

17. After this is done, mIRC should restore itself, and tell you to choose what to do. Just tick the first option and click "OK".

18. Now you're connected to the channel/server, you can download your file or search for others. Most servers give you instructions on how to download, but just in-case, use this command to request a file.

/msg [botname] xdcc send [packet number]

Example: /msg Appz12345 xdcc send #56

19. Here's an example of a channel that I'm connected to.

Optionally, you can visit SearchIRC to search for channels quickly and efficiently.

That's all to it! It's pretty simple once you get used to it, and you can find lots of files that you can't find anywhere else, especially new releases. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, and if you have any questions, just post a comment.