Avarice for IRC/XDCC Bot IRC Searching
February 25, 08 by sharky 5,975 views
Every once in a while a P2P utility comes along that really captures our attention, and so deservedly earns an honorable spot all by itself in the annuls of FileShareFreak. Such is the case with Avarice. Avarice is a multi-server IRC client designed to simplify XDCC file transfers - so simplified that users need not even know what IRC is in order to utilize it. Moreover, Avarice should be rightfully classified as a P2P program unto itself.
Unlike other IRC “scripts”, Avarice is a stand-alone IRC client that mimics the behavior of a P2P program. And since IRC is a goldmine for copyrighted content that exists at the apex of the piracy pyramid, it is an essential tool used in facilitating XDCC IRC searching.
The best feature about Avarice is in the search results. When treated as a regular P2P program, users need not worry about the quality of the files in the results - everything that should be, will be! Unlike public BitTorrent sites with all the publicly-submitted junk .torrents and Limewire-style P2P programs with the bogus files and anti-P2P corruption - XDCC Bots don’t suffer the same maladies. They are a highly-organized group of file servers from the upper echelon of piracy, itself. Avarice cuts out the middlemen and brings you right to the heart of “the scene” for newbies and experts alike.
IRC is about as close as you can get to the top of the piracy pyramid without actually being involved in “the scene”. Most (but not all of) pirated releases found at the P2P level descended from IRC in some form or another, usually directly. It is the major cog between release groups and what is found publicly through BitTorrent websites, the newsgroups, DDL sites and any other method of P2P file sharing. So the significance of IRC to the “piracy scene” should not be overlooked or undervalued. The vastness of illegal content is staggering; both in sheer numbers, and in the diversity of available content often found nowhere else.
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