Please review these several steps to insure your anonymity on IRC. If your last name is visible to others, you can correct that by following these instructions.
Please look at Tools>Options by either choosing the command or clicking on the Options icon:
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In the resulting dialogue box, if there is a '+' to the left of words 'Connect' and 'IRC' click on the '+' to expand those submenus:

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Notice that the field called 'Full name:' is greyed out and cannot be changed if you are connected. You will need to disconnect briefly to be able to edit that field. First let's check a few other fields while we are in mIRC Options.
Click on 'Identd' to see that page in options:

In the 'User ID:' field, put something short, simple and anonymous like just your first name.
Click on 'Messages' to see that page in options:

In the 'Ctcp finger reply' field, leave it blank (or optionally put something short, simple and anonymous like just your first name).
Click on the <OK> button to close the dialogue box.
Now we will correct the 'Fullname:' and 'Email Address:' fields in the 'Connect' Option. To do this, you must disconnect without quitting mIRC. Either use the File>Disconnect command or click on the Disconnect icon:
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Now open Tools>Options by either choosing the command or clicking on the Options icon:
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In Options, click on 'Connect' to once more get to this screen:

For 'Full Name:' put something short, simple and anonymous like just your first name (or even the word 'Anonymous').
For 'Email Address:' put something anonymous like 'askme@myisp' or anything else fictitious.
Click on the <OK> button to close the dialogue box.
Reconnect by using the File>Connect command or click on the Connect icon:
or 
The mIRC program will remember these changes in the future, so you are done. Thank you for taking the time to review this.
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