What is moo?

moo is the project name of a stats output script for mIRC.

Why moo?

"moo" is often just a generic word used in place of "example" or "test", or even "foo". It is of course it is the status output of a cow, usually signifies life.

What is moo.dll?

moo.dll was an mIRC dll designed to return system information for mIRC scripts, that reports various statistics, created by mark.

However, moo.dll is no longer developed as mark says the functions can be done using mIRC's COM objects and WMI functions, and there is no longer a need for an external dll to gather the information.

What is moo script?

moo script was originally a script I wrote that displays your systems information via mIRC using moo.dll.

The moo script changed. It no longer requires moo.dll, as it uses the mIRC COM objects with WMI functions.

This script shows the stats of your system, including: operating system, uptime, cpu, memory, memory usage, screen resolution, network and hard drives, all in all, a useful script.

Example Output of Moo Script:

moo: os: Microsoft Windows XP Professional - Service Pack 2 (5.1.2600) up: 1wk 6days 1hr 26mins 6secs cpu: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2200+ at 1800MHz (8% Load) gfx: ATI Technologies Inc. ATI RADEON 9600 Series AGP (0x4150) 128MB res: 1280x1024 32bit 70Hz ram: 887/1279.5MB (69.31%) hdd: C:\ 22.08GB/55.89GB D:\ 55.95GB/111.78GB F:\ 12.23GB/18.64GB net: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter - 100MB/s 1.74GB In 267.35MB Out

Is moo.dll a virus or backdoor?

No, this is often a mis-conception as moo.dll is sometimes packaged up with trojans made with mIRC, such as GTbot, it is then used to retreive that systems information. It is NOT possible for moo.dll to be a backdoor or virus as it does not have the functionality to do so, all it does is return a strings of text.

HndlWCare: he may have written what incorporates moo.dll, but he did not write moo.dll -- moo.dll was written by a college roommate of one of our ops who has admitted inserting a backdoor into it.

Marky: don't make me laugh.. check any antivirus website where a virus which has included moo.dll has been disassembled - check the description of moo.dll.. it's usually "harmless mirc addon" or suchlike.. and you can be sure the anti virus people have disassembled it thoroughly.

I have checked the source code AND disassembled moo.dll, and have found there are NO functions that are harmful.

What are moo.dll's functions?

The functions can be used within mIRC for example: //echo -a $dll(moo.dll,version,) or //say $dll(moo.dll,version,)

Function	Description
$dll(moo.dll,version,)	Returns the version of moo.dll
$dll(moo.dll,osinfo,)	Returns the Operating System information
$dll(moo.dll,uptime,)	Returns the uptime of your Operating System.
$dll(moo.dll,cpuinfo,)	Returns the CPU make, speed, cache and load.
$dll(moo.dll,meminfo,)	Returns the systems RAM usage.
$dll(moo.dll,screeninfo,)	Returns the systems screen resolution, bit rate and refresh rate.
$dll(moo.dll,gfxinfo,)	Returns the make and model of your graphics card.
$dll(moo.dll,connection,)	Returns details of the RAS dialup connection.
$dll(moo.dll,interfaceinfo,)	Returns the details of your network cards.
$dll(moo.dll,diskcapacity,)	Returns the free space and total space of your hard drives.
$dll(moo.dll,testing,)	Returns some CPU information that was under test.
$dll(moo.dll,mbm5info,1)	If mbm5 is running it will return MBM5 details, otherwise it will error.

Note: these do not work with "moo script", they are reference to the old moo.dll which is no longer supported

Resources

moo script - no more moo.dll! (download)
moo script - no more moo.dll! (svn download)
moo script - no more moo.dll! (mircscripts.org)

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