[CLUE-Tech] IRC Bots

[Todd A. Gibson]

Hello,

This morning I discovered that someone exploited a hole in some PHP
software on my server and loaded an IRC Bot
(http://www.eggheads.org/).  Fortunately I caught it in under 24
hours, patched the hole, and scubbed away the nastiness.

I have only used IRC once or twice so I understand it generally, but I
don't know what the purpose of an IRC bot is.  Anyone care to
illuminate me?

Thanks,
-TAG