[Gaim-devel] IRC Polling the server?

[David J. F. <djf...@fa...>]

So, I'm IRC'ing at work on a technical channel (#code4lib), and when I come 
back from a meeting, I've been disconnected from the campus backbone.  A 
little later, I get a nice little note from campus IT stating, among other 
things that my computer has

>     a virus which generates a detectable scan pattern or alternatively is
>     being used inappropriately. Reason for this lock: IRC bot/trojan -
>     remote control of host. Comment: This has an IRC bot on it checking
>     into a host 82.96.64.4 kornbluth.freenode.net located in Germany TCP
>     port 6667 every minute.. Once the associated machine has been cleaned

The last time this happened I thought it was because I had a /notify list, 
and gaim was polling the notify list.  But apparently not, since I 
eliminated the notify.

I have saved the channel as a chat room, so I can join it easily.  Might 
that be the problem?  How can I tell gaim to shut up, or at least not send 
keepalives?

- David