Use glib for all allocations

- Removes need to check for malloc failure
- Removes need for NULL checks on free
- Adds checks for integer overflows
- Removes some extra memset calls
- Removes chance of mixing libc and glib malloc/free

46 files changed, 801 insertions, 1087 deletions

diff --git a/src/common/cfgfiles.c b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
index 63f34720..4dc03f35 100644
--- a/src/common/cfgfiles.c
+++ b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ list_addentry (GSList ** list, char *cmd, char *name)
 		cmd_len = strlen (cmd) + 1;
 	name_len = strlen (name) + 1;
 
-	pop = malloc (sizeof (struct popup) + cmd_len + name_len);
+	pop = g_malloc (sizeof (struct popup) + cmd_len + name_len);
 	pop->name = (char *) pop + sizeof (struct popup);
 	pop->cmd = pop->name + name_len;
 
@@ -133,13 +133,13 @@ list_loadconf (char *file, GSList ** list, char *defaultconf)
 		abort ();
 	}
 
-	ibuf = malloc (st.st_size);
+	ibuf = g_malloc (st.st_size);
 	read (fd, ibuf, st.st_size);
 	close (fd);
 
 	list_load_from_data (list, ibuf, st.st_size);
 
-	free (ibuf);
+	g_free (ibuf);
 }
 
 void
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ list_free (GSList ** list)
 	while (*list)
 	{
 		data = (void *) (*list)->data;
-		free (data);
+		g_free (data);
 		*list = g_slist_remove (*list, data);
 	}
 }
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ list_delentry (GSList ** list, char *name)
 		if (!g_ascii_strcasecmp (name, pop->name))
 		{
 			*list = g_slist_remove (*list, pop);
-			free (pop);
+			g_free (pop);
 			return 1;
 		}
 		alist = alist->next;
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ get_default_language (void)
 
 	if (lang_no >= 0)
 	{
-		free (lang);
+		g_free (lang);
 		return lang_no;
 	}
 
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ get_default_language (void)
 
 	lang_no = find_language_number (lang);
 
-	free (lang);
+	g_free (lang);
 
 	return lang_no >= 0 ? lang_no : find_language_number ("en");
 }
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ cmd_set (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 				if (erase || *val)
 				{
 					/* save the previous value until we print it out */
-					prev_string = (char*) malloc (vars[i].len + 1);
+					prev_string = g_malloc (vars[i].len + 1);
 					strncpy (prev_string, (char *) &prefs + vars[i].offset, vars[i].len);
 
 					/* update the variable */
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ cmd_set (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 						PrintTextf (sess, "%s set to: %s (was: %s)\n", var, (char *) &prefs + vars[i].offset, prev_string);
 					}
 
-					free (prev_string);
+					g_free (prev_string);
 				}
 				else
 				{
diff --git a/src/common/chanopt.c b/src/common/chanopt.c
index 92466ce9..0a286da5 100644
--- a/src/common/chanopt.c
+++ b/src/common/chanopt.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ chanopt_find (char *network, char *channel, gboolean add_new)
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* allocate a new one */
-	co = g_malloc0 (sizeof (chanopt_in_memory));
+	co = g_new0 (chanopt_in_memory, 1);
 	co->channel = g_strdup (channel);
 	co->network = g_strdup (network);
 
diff --git a/src/common/ctcp.c b/src/common/ctcp.c
index b4fb55b7..44b96e18 100644
--- a/src/common/ctcp.c
+++ b/src/common/ctcp.c
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ ctcp_reply (session *sess, char *nick, char *word[], char *word_eol[],
 {
 	char tbuf[4096];	/* can receive 2048 from IRC, so this is enough */
 
-	conf = strdup (conf);
+	conf = g_strdup (conf);
 	/* process %C %B etc */
 	check_special_chars (conf, TRUE);
 	auto_insert (tbuf, sizeof (tbuf), conf, word, word_eol, "", "", word_eol[5],
 					 server_get_network (sess->server, TRUE), "", "", nick, "");
-	free (conf);
+	g_free (conf);
 	handle_command (sess, tbuf, FALSE);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/dcc.c b/src/common/dcc.c
index 2f246249..7ae6372b 100644
--- a/src/common/dcc.c
+++ b/src/common/dcc.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ dcc_lookup_proxy (char *host, struct sockaddr_in *addr)
 			memcpy (&addr->sin_addr, &cache_addr, 4);
 			return TRUE;
 		}
-		free (cache_host);
+		g_free (cache_host);
 		cache_host = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ dcc_lookup_proxy (char *host, struct sockaddr_in *addr)
 	{
 		memcpy (&addr->sin_addr, h->h_addr, 4);
 		memcpy (&cache_addr, h->h_addr, 4);
-		cache_host = strdup (host);
+		cache_host = g_strdup (host);
 		/* cppcheck-suppress memleak */
 		return TRUE;
 	}
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ dcc_close (struct DCC *dcc, int dccstat, int destroy)
 	dcc->dccstat = dccstat;
 	if (dcc->dccchat)
 	{
-		free (dcc->dccchat);
+		g_free (dcc->dccchat);
 		dcc->dccchat = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ dcc_close (struct DCC *dcc, int dccstat, int destroy)
 		g_free (dcc->proxy);
 		g_free (dcc->file);
 		g_free (dcc->destfile);
-		free (dcc->nick);
+		g_free (dcc->nick);
 		g_free (dcc);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -888,8 +888,7 @@ dcc_connect_finished (GIOChannel *source, GIOCondition condition, struct DCC *dc
 		dcc_open_query (dcc->serv, dcc->nick);
 	case TYPE_CHATRECV:	/* normal chat */
 		dcc->iotag = fe_input_add (dcc->sok, FIA_READ|FIA_EX, dcc_read_chat, dcc);
-		dcc->dccchat = malloc (sizeof (struct dcc_chat));
-		dcc->dccchat->pos = 0;
+		dcc->dccchat = g_new0 (struct dcc_chat, 1);
 		EMIT_SIGNAL (XP_TE_DCCCONCHAT, dcc->serv->front_session,
 						 dcc->nick, host, NULL, NULL, 0);
 		break;
@@ -1369,12 +1368,6 @@ dcc_proxy_connect (GIOChannel *source, GIOCondition condition, struct DCC *dcc)
 		return TRUE;
 
 	dcc->proxy = g_new0 (struct proxy_state, 1);
-	if (!dcc->proxy)
-	{
-		dcc->dccstat = STAT_FAILED;
-		fe_dcc_update (dcc);
-		return TRUE;
-	}
 
 	switch (prefs.hex_net_proxy_type)
 	{
@@ -1463,9 +1456,7 @@ dcc_send_data (GIOChannel *source, GIOCondition condition, struct DCC *dcc)
 	else if (!dcc->wiotag)
 		dcc->wiotag = fe_input_add (sok, FIA_WRITE, dcc_send_data, dcc);
 
-	buf = malloc (prefs.hex_dcc_blocksize);
-	if (!buf)
-		return TRUE;
+	buf = g_malloc (prefs.hex_dcc_blocksize);
 
 	lseek (dcc->fp, dcc->pos, SEEK_SET);
 	len = read (dcc->fp, buf, prefs.hex_dcc_blocksize);
@@ -1476,7 +1467,7 @@ dcc_send_data (GIOChannel *source, GIOCondition condition, struct DCC *dcc)
 	if (sent < 0 && !(would_block ()))
 	{
 abortit:
-		free (buf);
+		g_free (buf);
 		EMIT_SIGNAL (XP_TE_DCCSENDFAIL, dcc->serv->front_session,
 						 file_part (dcc->file), dcc->nick,
 						 errorstring (sock_error ()), NULL, 0);
@@ -1500,7 +1491,7 @@ abortit:
 		}
 	}
 
-	free (buf);
+	g_free (buf);
 
 	return TRUE;
 }
@@ -1630,8 +1621,7 @@ dcc_accept (GIOChannel *source, GIOCondition condition, struct DCC *dcc)
 	case TYPE_CHATSEND:
 		dcc_open_query (dcc->serv, dcc->nick);
 		dcc->iotag = fe_input_add (dcc->sok, FIA_READ|FIA_EX, dcc_read_chat, dcc);
-		dcc->dccchat = malloc (sizeof (struct dcc_chat));
-		dcc->dccchat->pos = 0;
+		dcc->dccchat = g_new0 (struct dcc_chat, 1);
 		EMIT_SIGNAL (XP_TE_DCCCONCHAT, dcc->serv->front_session,
 						 dcc->nick, host, NULL, NULL, 0);
 		break;
@@ -1897,7 +1887,7 @@ dcc_send (struct session *sess, char *to, char *filename, gint64 maxcps, int pas
 			}
 			filename++;
 		}
-		dcc->nick = strdup (to);
+		dcc->nick = g_strdup (to);
 		if (prefs.hex_gui_autoopen_send)
 		{
 			if (fe_dcc_open_send_win (TRUE))	/* already open? add */
@@ -2005,9 +1995,8 @@ dcc_change_nick (struct server *serv, char *oldnick, char *newnick)
 		{
 			if (!serv->p_cmp (dcc->nick, oldnick))
 			{
-				if (dcc->nick)
-					free (dcc->nick);
-				dcc->nick = strdup (newnick);
+				g_free (dcc->nick);
+				dcc->nick = g_strdup (newnick);
 			}
 		}
 		list = list->next;
@@ -2257,11 +2246,6 @@ static struct DCC *
 new_dcc (void)
 {
 	struct DCC *dcc = g_new0 (struct DCC, 1);
-	if (!dcc)
-	{
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	dcc->sok = -1;
 	dcc->fp = -1;
 	dcc_list = g_slist_prepend (dcc_list, dcc);
@@ -2312,7 +2296,7 @@ dcc_chat (struct session *sess, char *nick, int passive)
 	dcc->serv = sess->server;
 	dcc->dccstat = STAT_QUEUED;
 	dcc->type = TYPE_CHATSEND;
-	dcc->nick = strdup (nick);
+	dcc->nick = g_strdup (nick);
 	if (passive || dcc_listen_init (dcc, sess))
 	{
 		if (prefs.hex_gui_autoopen_chat)
@@ -2412,7 +2396,7 @@ dcc_add_chat (session *sess, char *nick, int port, guint32 addr, int pasvid)
 		dcc->addr = addr;
 		dcc->port = port;
 		dcc->pasvid = pasvid;
-		dcc->nick = strdup (nick);
+		dcc->nick = g_strdup (nick);
 		dcc->starttime = time (0);
 
 		EMIT_SIGNAL (XP_TE_DCCCHATOFFER, sess->server->front_session, nick,
@@ -2484,7 +2468,7 @@ dcc_add_file (session *sess, char *file, guint64 size, int port, char *nick, gui
 		dcc->port = port;
 		dcc->pasvid = pasvid;
 		dcc->size = size;
-		dcc->nick = strdup (nick);
+		dcc->nick = g_strdup (nick);
 		dcc->maxcps = prefs.hex_dcc_max_get_cps;
 
 		update_is_resumable (dcc);
diff --git a/src/common/hexchat.c b/src/common/hexchat.c
index 274773e7..f8be5a84 100644
--- a/src/common/hexchat.c
+++ b/src/common/hexchat.c
@@ -456,12 +456,7 @@ session_new (server *serv, char *from, int type, int focus)
 {
 	session *sess;
 
-	sess = malloc (sizeof (struct session));
-	if (sess == NULL)
-	{
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	memset (sess, 0, sizeof (struct session));
+	sess = g_new0 (struct session, 1);
 
 	sess->server = serv;
 	sess->logfd = -1;
@@ -543,9 +538,8 @@ exec_notify_kill (session * sess)
 		waitpid (re->childpid, NULL, WNOHANG);
 		fe_input_remove (re->iotag);
 		close (re->myfd);
-		if (re->linebuf)
-			free(re->linebuf);
-		free (re);
+		g_free(re->linebuf);
+		g_free (re);
 	}
 #endif
 }
@@ -651,10 +645,8 @@ session_free (session *killsess)
 	send_quit_or_part (killsess);
 
 	history_free (&killsess->history);
-	if (killsess->topic)
-		free (killsess->topic);
-	if (killsess->current_modes)
-		free (killsess->current_modes);
+	g_free (killsess->topic);
+	g_free (killsess->current_modes);
 
 	fe_session_callback (killsess);
 
@@ -665,7 +657,7 @@ session_free (session *killsess)
 			current_sess = sess_list->data;
 	}
 
-	free (killsess);
+	g_free (killsess);
 
 	if (!sess_list && !in_hexchat_exit)
 		hexchat_exit ();						/* sess_list is empty, quit! */
@@ -1029,11 +1021,11 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 			if ((strcmp (argv[i], "-d") == 0 || strcmp (argv[i], "--cfgdir") == 0)
 				&& i + 1 < argc)
 			{
-				xdir = strdup (argv[i + 1]);
+				xdir = g_strdup (argv[i + 1]);
 			}
 			else if (strncmp (argv[i], "--cfgdir=", 9) == 0)
 			{
-				xdir = strdup (argv[i] + 9);
+				xdir = g_strdup (argv[i] + 9);
 			}
 
 			if (xdir != NULL)
diff --git a/src/common/history.c b/src/common/history.c
index 1acd3327..34924568 100644
--- a/src/common/history.c
+++ b/src/common/history.c
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <glib.h>
 #include "history.h"
 
 void
 history_add (struct history *his, char *text)
 {
-	if (his->lines[his->realpos])
-		free (his->lines[his->realpos]);
-	his->lines[his->realpos] = strdup (text);
+	g_free (his->lines[his->realpos]);
+	his->lines[his->realpos] = g_strdup (text);
 	his->realpos++;
 	if (his->realpos == HISTORY_SIZE)
 		his->realpos = 0;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ history_free (struct history *his)
 	{
 		if (his->lines[i])
 		{
-			free (his->lines[i]);
+			g_free (his->lines[i]);
 			his->lines[i] = 0;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/common/identd.c b/src/common/identd.c
index c4050929..cbe6ff5e 100644
--- a/src/common/identd.c
+++ b/src/common/identd.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ identd (char *username)
 	sok = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
 	if (sok == INVALID_SOCKET)
 	{
-		free (username);
+		g_free (username);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ identd (char *username)
 	if (bind (sok, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof (addr)) == SOCKET_ERROR)
 	{
 		closesocket (sok);
-		free (username);
+		g_free (username);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (listen (sok, 1) == SOCKET_ERROR)
 	{
 		closesocket (sok);
-		free (username);
+		g_free (username);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ identd (char *username)
 	closesocket (sok);
 	if (read_sok == INVALID_SOCKET)
 	{
-		free (username);
+		g_free (username);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ identd (char *username)
 
 	sleep (1);
 	closesocket (read_sok);
-	free (username);
+	g_free (username);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ identd_ipv6 (char *username)
 	sok = socket (AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
 	if (sok == INVALID_SOCKET)
 	{
-		free (username);
+		g_free (username);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -132,14 +132,14 @@ identd_ipv6 (char *username)
 	if (bind (sok, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof (addr)) == SOCKET_ERROR)
 	{
 		closesocket (sok);
-		free (username);
+		g_free (username);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (listen (sok, 1) == SOCKET_ERROR)
 	{
 		closesocket (sok);
-		free (username);
+		g_free (username);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ identd_ipv6 (char *username)
 	closesocket (sok);
 	if (read_sok == INVALID_SOCKET)
 	{
-		free (username);
+		g_free (username);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ identd_ipv6 (char *username)
 
 	sleep (1);
 	closesocket (read_sok);
-	free (username);
+	g_free (username);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ identd_start (char *username)
 	{
 		identd_ipv6_is_running = TRUE;
 		CloseHandle (CreateThread (NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE) identd_ipv6,
-						 strdup (username), 0, &tidv6));
+						 g_strdup (username), 0, &tidv6));
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -196,6 +196,6 @@ identd_start (char *username)
 	{
 		identd_is_running = TRUE;
 		CloseHandle (CreateThread (NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE) identd,
-						 strdup (username), 0, &tid));
+						 g_strdup (username), 0, &tid));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/common/ignore.c b/src/common/ignore.c
index 045224ba..bfc6cf93 100644
--- a/src/common/ignore.c
+++ b/src/common/ignore.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static int ignored_total = 0;
 struct ignore *
 ignore_exists (char *mask)
 {
-	struct ignore *ig = 0;
+	struct ignore *ig = NULL;
 	GSList *list;
 
 	list = ignore_list;
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ ignore_exists (char *mask)
 int
 ignore_add (char *mask, int type, gboolean overwrite)
 {
-	struct ignore *ig = 0;
+	struct ignore *ig = NULL;
 	int change_only = FALSE;
 
 	/* first check if it's already ignored */
@@ -88,12 +88,9 @@ ignore_add (char *mask, int type, gboolean overwrite)
 		change_only = TRUE;
 
 	if (!change_only)
-		ig = malloc (sizeof (struct ignore));
+		ig = g_new (struct ignore, 1);
 
-	if (!ig)
-		return 0;
-
-	ig->mask = strdup (mask);
+	ig->mask = g_strdup (mask);
 
 	if (!overwrite && change_only)
 		ig->type |= type;
@@ -192,8 +189,8 @@ ignore_del (char *mask, struct ignore *ig)
 	if (ig)
 	{
 		ignore_list = g_slist_remove (ignore_list, ig);
-		free (ig->mask);
-		free (ig);
+		g_free (ig->mask);
+		g_free (ig);
 		fe_ignore_update (1);
 		return TRUE;
 	}
@@ -265,7 +262,7 @@ ignore_read_next_entry (char *my_cfg, struct ignore *ignore)
 		my_cfg = cfg_get_str (my_cfg, "mask", tbuf, sizeof (tbuf));
 		if (!my_cfg)
 			return NULL;
-		ignore->mask = strdup (tbuf);
+		ignore->mask = g_strdup (tbuf);
 	}
 	if (my_cfg)
 	{
@@ -281,7 +278,7 @@ ignore_load ()
 	struct ignore *ignore;
 	struct stat st;
 	char *cfg, *my_cfg;
-	int fh, i;
+	int fh;
 
 	fh = hexchat_open_file ("ignore.conf", O_RDONLY, 0, 0);
 	if (fh != -1)
@@ -289,22 +286,18 @@ ignore_load ()
 		fstat (fh, &st);
 		if (st.st_size)
 		{
-			cfg = malloc (st.st_size + 1);
-			cfg[0] = '\0';
-			i = read (fh, cfg, st.st_size);
-			if (i >= 0)
-				cfg[i] = '\0';
+			cfg = g_malloc0 (st.st_size + 1);
+			read (fh, cfg, st.st_size);
 			my_cfg = cfg;
 			while (my_cfg)
 			{
-				ignore = malloc (sizeof (struct ignore));
-				memset (ignore, 0, sizeof (struct ignore));
+				ignore = g_new0 (struct ignore, 1);
 				if ((my_cfg = ignore_read_next_entry (my_cfg, ignore)))
 					ignore_list = g_slist_prepend (ignore_list, ignore);
 				else
-					free (ignore);
+					g_free (ignore);
 			}
-			free (cfg);
+			g_free (cfg);
 		}
 		close (fh);
 	}
diff --git a/src/common/inbound.c b/src/common/inbound.c
index dbb29b57..a3b1b7da 100644
--- a/src/common/inbound.c
+++ b/src/common/inbound.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ clear_channel (session *sess)
 
 	if (sess->current_modes)
 	{
-		free (sess->current_modes);
+		g_free (sess->current_modes);
 		sess->current_modes = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -81,9 +81,8 @@ clear_channel (session *sess)
 void
 set_topic (session *sess, char *topic, char *stripped_topic)
 {
-	if (sess->topic)
-		free (sess->topic);
-	sess->topic = strdup (stripped_topic);
+	g_free (sess->topic);
+	sess->topic = g_strdup (stripped_topic);
 	fe_set_topic (sess, topic, stripped_topic);
 }
 
@@ -968,14 +967,14 @@ inbound_notice (server *serv, char *to, char *nick, char *msg, char *ip, int id,
 				/* guess where chanserv meant to post this -sigh- */
 				if (!g_ascii_strcasecmp (nick, "ChanServ") && !find_dialog (serv, nick))
 				{
-					char *dest = strdup (msg + 1);
+					char *dest = g_strdup (msg + 1);
 					char *end = strchr (dest, ']');
 					if (end)
 					{
 						*end = 0;
 						sess = find_channel (serv, dest);
 					}
-					free (dest);
+					g_free (dest);
 				}
 			}
 			if (!sess)
@@ -1454,8 +1453,7 @@ inbound_user_info (session *sess, char *chan, char *user, char *host,
 
 	if (user && host)
 	{
-		uhost = g_malloc (strlen (user) + strlen (host) + 2);
-		sprintf (uhost, "%s@%s", user, host);
+		uhost = g_strdup_printf ("%s@%s", user, host);
 	}
 
 	if (chan)
diff --git a/src/common/modes.c b/src/common/modes.c
index 23f75b1d..c65bf279 100644
--- a/src/common/modes.c
+++ b/src/common/modes.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ record_chan_mode (session *sess, char sign, char mode, char *arg)
 				current = g_string_erase(current, argument_offset+1, argument_length-1);
 				current = g_string_insert(current, argument_offset+1, arg);
 
-				free(sess->current_modes);
+				g_free(sess->current_modes);
 				sess->current_modes = g_string_free(current, FALSE);
 			}
 		}
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ record_chan_mode (session *sess, char sign, char mode, char *arg)
 				current = g_string_append(current, arg);
 			}
 
-			free(sess->current_modes);
+			g_free(sess->current_modes);
 			sess->current_modes = g_string_free(current, FALSE);
 		}
 	}
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ record_chan_mode (session *sess, char sign, char mode, char *arg)
 		/* remove the mode character */
 		current = g_string_erase(current, mode_pos, 1);
 
-		free(sess->current_modes);
+		g_free(sess->current_modes);
 		sess->current_modes = g_string_free(current, FALSE);
 	}
 }
@@ -374,12 +374,13 @@ mode_cat (char *str, char *addition)
 	if (str)
 	{
 		len = strlen (str) + strlen (addition) + 2;
-		str = realloc (str, len);
+		str = g_realloc (str, len);
 		strcat (str, " ");
 		strcat (str, addition);
-	} else
+	}
+	else
 	{
-		str = strdup (addition);
+		str = g_strdup (addition);
 	}
 
 	return str;
@@ -560,12 +561,12 @@ handle_single_mode (mode_run *mr, char sign, char mode, char *nick,
 	{
 		if (*arg)
 		{
-			char *buf = malloc (strlen (chan) + strlen (arg) + 2);
-			sprintf (buf, "%s %s", chan, arg);
+			char *buf = g_strdup_printf ("%s %s", chan, arg);
 			EMIT_SIGNAL_TIMESTAMP (XP_TE_CHANMODEGEN, sess, nick, outbuf,
 										  outbuf + 2, buf, 0, tags_data->timestamp);
-			free (buf);
-		} else
+			g_free (buf);
+		}
+		else
 			EMIT_SIGNAL_TIMESTAMP (XP_TE_CHANMODEGEN, sess, nick, outbuf,
 										  outbuf + 2, chan, 0, tags_data->timestamp);
 	}
@@ -635,7 +636,7 @@ mode_print_grouped (session *sess, char *nick, mode_run *mr,
 	{
 		EMIT_SIGNAL_TIMESTAMP (XP_TE_CHANOP, sess, nick, mr->op, NULL, NULL, 0,
 									  tags_data->timestamp);
-		free (mr->op);
+		g_free(mr->op);
 		mr->op = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -643,7 +644,7 @@ mode_print_grouped (session *sess, char *nick, mode_run *mr,
 	{
 		EMIT_SIGNAL_TIMESTAMP (XP_TE_CHANDEOP, sess, nick, mr->deop, NULL, NULL,
 									  0, tags_data->timestamp);
-		free (mr->deop);
+		g_free(mr->deop);
 		mr->deop = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -651,7 +652,7 @@ mode_print_grouped (session *sess, char *nick, mode_run *mr,
 	{
 		EMIT_SIGNAL_TIMESTAMP (XP_TE_CHANVOICE, sess, nick, mr->voice, NULL, NULL,
 									  0, tags_data->timestamp);
-		free (mr->voice);
+		g_free(mr->voice);
 		mr->voice = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -659,7 +660,7 @@ mode_print_grouped (session *sess, char *nick, mode_run *mr,
 	{
 		EMIT_SIGNAL_TIMESTAMP (XP_TE_CHANDEVOICE, sess, nick, mr->devoice, NULL,
 									  NULL, 0, tags_data->timestamp);
-		free (mr->devoice);
+		g_free(mr->devoice);
 		mr->devoice = NULL;
 	}
 }
@@ -717,9 +718,8 @@ handle_mode (server * serv, char *word[], char *word_eol[],
 
 	if (numeric_324 && !using_front_tab)
 	{
-		if (sess->current_modes)
-			free (sess->current_modes);
-		sess->current_modes = strdup (word_eol[offset+1]);
+		g_free (sess->current_modes);
+		sess->current_modes = g_strdup (word_eol[offset+1]);
 	}
 
 	sign = *modes;
@@ -799,30 +799,29 @@ inbound_005 (server * serv, char *word[], const message_tags_data *tags_data)
 			serv->modes_per_line = atoi (word[w] + 6);
 		} else if (strncmp (word[w], "CHANTYPES=", 10) == 0)
 		{
-			free (serv->chantypes);
-			serv->chantypes = strdup (word[w] + 10);
+			g_free (serv->chantypes);
+			serv->chantypes = g_strdup (word[w] + 10);
 		} else if (strncmp (word[w], "CHANMODES=", 10) == 0)
 		{
-			free (serv->chanmodes);
-			serv->chanmodes = strdup (word[w] + 10);
+			g_free (serv->chanmodes);
+			serv->chanmodes = g_strdup (word[w] + 10);
 		} else if (strncmp (word[w], "PREFIX=", 7) == 0)
 		{
 			pre = strchr (word[w] + 7, ')');
 			if (pre)
 			{
 				pre[0] = 0;			  /* NULL out the ')' */
-				free (serv->nick_prefixes);
-				free (serv->nick_modes);
-				serv->nick_prefixes = strdup (pre + 1);
-				serv->nick_modes = strdup (word[w] + 8);
+				g_free (serv->nick_prefixes);
+				g_free (serv->nick_modes);
+				serv->nick_prefixes = g_strdup (pre + 1);
+				serv->nick_modes = g_strdup (word[w] + 8);
 			} else
 			{
 				/* bad! some ircds don't give us the modes. */
 				/* in this case, we use it only to strip /NAMES */
 				serv->bad_prefix = TRUE;
-				if (serv->bad_nick_prefixes)
-					free (serv->bad_nick_prefixes);
-				serv->bad_nick_prefixes = strdup (word[w] + 7);
+				g_free (serv->bad_nick_prefixes);
+				serv->bad_nick_prefixes = g_strdup (word[w] + 7);
 			}
 		} else if (strncmp (word[w], "WATCH=", 6) == 0)
 		{
@@ -832,10 +831,6 @@ inbound_005 (server * serv, char *word[], const message_tags_data *tags_data)
 			serv->supports_monitor = TRUE;
 		} else if (strncmp (word[w], "NETWORK=", 8) == 0)
 		{
-/*			if (serv->networkname)
-				free (serv->networkname);
-			serv->networkname = strdup (word[w] + 8);*/
-
 			if (serv->server_session->type == SESS_SERVER)
 			{
 				safe_strcpy (serv->server_session->channel, word[w] + 8, CHANLEN);
diff --git a/src/common/network.c b/src/common/network.c
index d726bd24..f5cfce58 100644
--- a/src/common/network.c
+++ b/src/common/network.c
@@ -69,18 +69,13 @@ net_store_destroy (netstore * ns)
 	if (ns->ip6_hostent)
 		freeaddrinfo (ns->ip6_hostent);
 #endif
-	free (ns);
+	g_free (ns);
 }
 
 netstore *
 net_store_new (void)
 {
-	netstore *ns;
-
-	ns = malloc (sizeof (netstore));
-	memset (ns, 0, sizeof (netstore));
-
-	return ns;
+	return g_new0 (netstore, 1);
 }
 
 #ifndef USE_IPV6
@@ -120,8 +115,8 @@ net_resolve (netstore * ns, char *hostname, int port, char **real_host)
 	ns->addr.sin_port = htons (port);
 	ns->addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
 
-	*real_host = strdup (ns->ip4_hostent->h_name);
-	return strdup (inet_ntoa (ns->addr.sin_addr));
+	*real_host = g_strdup (ns->ip4_hostent->h_name);
+	return g_strdup (inet_ntoa (ns->addr.sin_addr));
 }
 
 int
@@ -232,11 +227,11 @@ net_resolve (netstore * ns, char *hostname, int port, char **real_host)
 					 ipstring, sizeof (ipstring), NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST);
 
 	if (ns->ip6_hostent->ai_canonname)
-		*real_host = strdup (ns->ip6_hostent->ai_canonname);
+		*real_host = g_strdup (ns->ip6_hostent->ai_canonname);
 	else
-		*real_host = strdup (hostname);
+		*real_host = g_strdup (hostname);
 
-	return strdup (ipstring);
+	return g_strdup (ipstring);
 }
 
 /* the only thing making this interface unclean, this shitty sok4, sok6 business */
@@ -310,15 +305,15 @@ net_store_fill_any (netstore *ns)
 	struct sockaddr_in *sin;
 
 	ai = ns->ip6_hostent;
-	if (!ai) {
-		ai = malloc (sizeof (struct addrinfo));
-		memset (ai, 0, sizeof (struct addrinfo));
+	if (ai == NULL)
+	{
+		ai = g_new0 (struct addrinfo, 1);
 		ns->ip6_hostent = ai;
 	}
 	sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)ai->ai_addr;
-	if (!sin) {
-		sin = malloc (sizeof (struct sockaddr_in));
-		memset (sin, 0, sizeof (struct sockaddr_in));
+	if (sin == NULL)
+	{
+		sin = g_new0 (struct sockaddr_in, 1);
 		ai->ai_addr = (struct sockaddr *)sin;
 	}
 	ai->ai_family = AF_INET;
@@ -336,15 +331,15 @@ net_store_fill_v4 (netstore *ns, guint32 addr, int port)
 	struct sockaddr_in *sin;
 
 	ai = ns->ip6_hostent;
-	if (!ai) {
-		ai = malloc (sizeof (struct addrinfo));
-		memset (ai, 0, sizeof (struct addrinfo));
+	if (ai == NULL)
+	{
+		ai = g_new0 (struct addrinfo, 1);
 		ns->ip6_hostent = ai;
 	}
 	sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)ai->ai_addr;
-	if (!sin) {
-		sin = malloc (sizeof (struct sockaddr_in));
-		memset (sin, 0, sizeof (struct sockaddr_in));
+	if (sin == NULL)
+	{
+		sin = g_new0 (struct sockaddr_in, 1);
 		ai->ai_addr = (struct sockaddr *)sin;
 	}
 	ai->ai_family = AF_INET;
diff --git a/src/common/notify.c b/src/common/notify.c
index bf80a1b5..9b604d4b 100644
--- a/src/common/notify.c
+++ b/src/common/notify.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int notify_tag = 0;
 static char *
 despacify_dup (char *str)
 {
-	char *p, *res = malloc (strlen (str) + 1);
+	char *p, *res = g_malloc (strlen (str) + 1);
 
 	p = res;
 	while (1)
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ notify_netcmp (char *str, void *serv)
 
 	if (rfc_casecmp (str, net) == 0)
 	{
-		free (net);
+		g_free (net);
 		return 0;	/* finish & return FALSE from token_foreach() */
 	}
 
-	free (net);
+	g_free (net);
 	return 1;	/* keep going... */
 }
 
@@ -111,14 +111,10 @@ notify_find_server_entry (struct notify *notify, struct server *serv)
 	if (!notify_do_network (notify, serv))
 		return NULL;
 
-	servnot = malloc (sizeof (struct notify_per_server));
-	if (servnot)
-	{
-		memset (servnot, 0, sizeof (struct notify_per_server));
-		servnot->server = serv;
-		servnot->notify = notify;
-		notify->server_list = g_slist_prepend (notify->server_list, servnot);
-	}
+	servnot = g_new0 (struct notify_per_server, 1);
+	servnot->server = serv;
+	servnot->notify = notify;
+	notify->server_list = g_slist_prepend (notify->server_list, servnot);
 	return servnot;
 }
 
@@ -247,10 +243,9 @@ notify_announce_online (server * serv, struct notify_per_server *servnot,
 
 	    /* Let's do whois with idle time (like in /quote WHOIS %s %s) */
 
-	    char *wii_str = malloc (strlen (nick) * 2 + 2);
-	    sprintf (wii_str, "%s %s", nick, nick);
+	    char *wii_str = g_strdup_printf ("%s %s", nick, nick);
 	    serv->p_whois (serv, wii_str);
-	    free (wii_str);
+	    g_free (wii_str);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -596,14 +591,13 @@ notify_deluser (char *name)
 				servnot = (struct notify_per_server *) notify->server_list->data;
 				notify->server_list =
 					g_slist_remove (notify->server_list, servnot);
-				free (servnot);
+				g_free (servnot);
 			}
 			notify_list = g_slist_remove (notify_list, notify);
 			notify_watch_all (notify, FALSE);
-			if (notify->networks)
-				free (notify->networks);
-			free (notify->name);
-			free (notify);
+			g_free (notify->networks);
+			g_free (notify->name);
+			g_free (notify);
 			fe_notify_update (0);
 			return 1;
 		}
@@ -615,27 +609,18 @@ notify_deluser (char *name)
 void
 notify_adduser (char *name, char *networks)
 {
-	struct notify *notify = malloc (sizeof (struct notify));
-	if (notify)
-	{
-		memset (notify, 0, sizeof (struct notify));
-		if (strlen (name) >= NICKLEN)
-		{
-			notify->name = malloc (NICKLEN);
-			safe_strcpy (notify->name, name, NICKLEN);
-		} else
-		{
-			notify->name = strdup (name);
-		}
-		if (networks)
-			notify->networks = despacify_dup (networks);
-		notify->server_list = 0;
-		notify_list = g_slist_prepend (notify_list, notify);
-		notify_checklist ();
-		fe_notify_update (notify->name);
-		fe_notify_update (0);
-		notify_watch_all (notify, TRUE);
-	}
+	struct notify *notify = g_new0 (struct notify, 1);
+
+	notify->name = g_strndup (name, NICKLEN - 1);
+
+	if (networks != NULL)
+		notify->networks = despacify_dup (networks);
+	notify->server_list = 0;
+	notify_list = g_slist_prepend (notify_list, notify);
+	notify_checklist ();
+	fe_notify_update (notify->name);
+	fe_notify_update (0);
+	notify_watch_all (notify, TRUE);
 }
 
 gboolean
@@ -714,7 +699,7 @@ notify_cleanup ()
 			{
 				notify->server_list =
 					g_slist_remove (notify->server_list, servnot);
-				free (servnot);
+				g_free (servnot);
 				nslist = notify->server_list;
 			} else
 			{
diff --git a/src/common/outbound.c b/src/common/outbound.c
index a193d03e..7cbf84ad 100644
--- a/src/common/outbound.c
+++ b/src/common/outbound.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ random_line (char *file_name)
 	{
 	 nofile:
 		/* reason is not a file, an actual reason! */
-		return strdup (file_name);
+		return g_strdup (file_name);
 	}
 
 	/* count number of lines in file */
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ random_line (char *file_name)
 	}
 	while (lines > ran);
 	fclose (fh);
-	return strdup (buf);
+	return g_strdup (buf);
 }
 
 void
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ server_sendpart (server * serv, char *channel, char *reason)
 	{
 		reason = random_line (prefs.hex_irc_part_reason);
 		serv->p_part (serv, channel, reason);
-		free (reason);
+		g_free (reason);
 	} else
 	{
 		/* reason set by /quit, /close argument */
@@ -136,12 +136,12 @@ server_sendquit (session * sess)
 
 	if (!sess->quitreason)
 	{
-		colrea = strdup (prefs.hex_irc_quit_reason);
+		colrea = g_strdup (prefs.hex_irc_quit_reason);
 		check_special_chars (colrea, FALSE);
 		rea = random_line (colrea);
-		free (colrea);
+		g_free (colrea);
 		sess->server->p_quit (sess->server, rea);
-		free (rea);
+		g_free (rea);
 	} else
 	{
 		/* reason set by /quit, /close argument */
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ cmd_addserver (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 		if (!network)
 		{
 			network = servlist_net_add (word[2], "", TRUE);
-			network->encoding = strdup (IRC_DEFAULT_CHARSET);
+			network->encoding = g_strdup (IRC_DEFAULT_CHARSET);
 		}
 		/* if we had the network already, check if the given server already exists */
 		else if (servlist_server_find (network, word_eol[3], NULL))
@@ -379,11 +379,10 @@ cmd_away (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 
 	if (sess->server->last_away_reason != reason)
 	{
-		if (sess->server->last_away_reason)
-			free (sess->server->last_away_reason);
+		g_free (sess->server->last_away_reason);
 
 		if (reason == word_eol[2])
-			sess->server->last_away_reason = strdup (reason);
+			sess->server->last_away_reason = g_strdup (reason);
 		else
 			sess->server->last_away_reason = reason;
 	}
@@ -406,8 +405,7 @@ cmd_back (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 		PrintText (sess, _("Already marked back.\n"));
 	}
 
-	if (sess->server->last_away_reason)
-		free (sess->server->last_away_reason);
+	g_free (sess->server->last_away_reason);
 	sess->server->last_away_reason = NULL;
 
 	return TRUE;
@@ -1002,14 +1000,14 @@ mdehop_cb (struct User *user, multidata *data)
 static int
 cmd_mdehop (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 {
-	char **nicks = malloc (sizeof (char *) * sess->hops);
+	char **nicks = g_new0 (char *, sess->hops);
 	multidata data;
 
 	data.nicks = nicks;
 	data.i = 0;
 	tree_foreach (sess->usertree, (tree_traverse_func *)mdehop_cb, &data);
 	send_channel_modes (sess, tbuf, nicks, 0, data.i, '-', 'h', 0);
-	free (nicks);
+	g_free (nicks);
 
 	return TRUE;
 }
@@ -1028,14 +1026,14 @@ mdeop_cb (struct User *user, multidata *data)
 static int
 cmd_mdeop (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 {
-	char **nicks = malloc (sizeof (char *) * sess->ops);
+	char **nicks = g_new0(char *, sess->ops);
 	multidata data;
 
 	data.nicks = nicks;
 	data.i = 0;
 	tree_foreach (sess->usertree, (tree_traverse_func *)mdeop_cb, &data);
 	send_channel_modes (sess, tbuf, nicks, 0, data.i, '-', 'o', 0);
-	free (nicks);
+	g_free (nicks);
 
 	return TRUE;
 }
@@ -1045,18 +1043,13 @@ GSList *menu_list = NULL;
 static void
 menu_free (menu_entry *me)
 {
-	free (me->path);
-	if (me->label)
-		free (me->label);
-	if (me->cmd)
-		free (me->cmd);
-	if (me->ucmd)
-		free (me->ucmd);
-	if (me->group)
-		free (me->group);
-	if (me->icon)
-		free (me->icon);
-	free (me);
+	g_free (me->path);
+	g_free (me->label);
+	g_free (me->cmd);
+	g_free (me->ucmd);
+	g_free (me->group);
+	g_free (me->icon);
+	g_free (me);
 }
 
 /* strings equal? but ignore underscores */
@@ -1195,7 +1188,7 @@ menu_add (char *path, char *label, char *cmd, char *ucmd, int pos, int state, in
 		return;
 	}
 
-	me = malloc (sizeof (menu_entry));
+	me = g_new (menu_entry, 1);
 	me->pos = pos;
 	me->modifier = mod;
 	me->is_main = menu_is_mainmenu_root (path, &me->root_offset);
@@ -1203,31 +1196,26 @@ menu_add (char *path, char *label, char *cmd, char *ucmd, int pos, int state, in
 	me->markup = markup;
 	me->enable = enable;
 	me->key = key;
-	me->path = strdup (path);
+	me->path = g_strdup (path);
 	me->label = NULL;
 	me->cmd = NULL;
 	me->ucmd = NULL;
 	me->group = NULL;
 	me->icon = NULL;
 
-	if (label)
-		me->label = strdup (label);
-	if (cmd)
-		me->cmd = strdup (cmd);
-	if (ucmd)
-		me->ucmd = strdup (ucmd);
-	if (group)
-		me->group = strdup (group);
-	if (icon)
-		me->icon = strdup (icon);
+	me->label = g_strdup (label);
+	me->cmd = g_strdup (cmd);
+	me->ucmd = g_strdup (ucmd);
+	me->group = g_strdup (group);
+	me->icon = g_strdup (icon);
 
 	menu_list = g_slist_append (menu_list, me);
 	label = fe_menu_add (me);
 	if (label)
 	{
 		/* FE has given us a stripped label */
-		free (me->label);
-		me->label = strdup (label);
+		g_free (me->label);
+		me->label = g_strdup (label);
 		g_free (label); /* this is from pango */
 	}
 }
@@ -1456,7 +1444,7 @@ exec_check_process (struct session *sess)
 	{
 		close (sess->running_exec->myfd);
 		fe_input_remove (sess->running_exec->iotag);
-		free (sess->running_exec);
+		g_free (sess->running_exec);
 		sess->running_exec = NULL;
 	}
 }
@@ -1533,11 +1521,10 @@ cmd_execw (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 	len = strlen(word_eol[2]);
-	temp = malloc(len + 2);
-	sprintf(temp, "%s\n", word_eol[2]);
+	temp = g_strconcat (word_eol[2], "\n", NULL);
 	PrintText(sess, temp);
 	write(sess->running_exec->myfd, temp, len + 1);
-	free(temp);
+	g_free(temp);
 
 	return TRUE;
 }
@@ -1561,7 +1548,7 @@ exec_handle_colors (char *buf, int len)
 	if (strchr (buf, 27) == 0)
 		return;
 
-	nbuf = malloc (len + 1);
+	nbuf = g_malloc (len + 1);
 
 	while (i < len)
 	{
@@ -1655,7 +1642,7 @@ norm:			nbuf[j] = buf[i];
 
 	nbuf[j] = 0;
 	memcpy (buf, nbuf, j + 1);
-	free (nbuf);
+	g_free (nbuf);
 }
 
 #ifndef HAVE_MEMRCHR
@@ -1681,14 +1668,14 @@ exec_data (GIOChannel *source, GIOCondition condition, struct nbexec *s)
 	len = s->buffill;
 	if (len) {
 		/* append new data to buffered incomplete line */
-		buf = malloc(len + 2050);
+		buf = g_malloc (len + 2050);
 		memcpy(buf, s->linebuf, len);
 		readpos = buf + len;
-		free(s->linebuf);
+		g_free (s->linebuf);
 		s->linebuf = NULL;
 	}
 	else
-		readpos = buf = malloc(2050);
+		readpos = buf = g_malloc (2050);
 
 	rd = read (sok, readpos, 2048);
 	if (rd < 1)
@@ -1709,12 +1696,12 @@ exec_data (GIOChannel *source, GIOCondition condition, struct nbexec *s)
 			else
 				PrintText (s->sess, buf);
 		}
-		free(buf);
+		g_free(buf);
 		waitpid (s->childpid, NULL, 0);
 		s->sess->running_exec = NULL;
 		fe_input_remove (s->iotag);
 		close (sok);
-		free (s);
+		g_free (s);
 		return TRUE;
 	}
 	len += rd;
@@ -1727,7 +1714,7 @@ exec_data (GIOChannel *source, GIOCondition condition, struct nbexec *s)
 		rest = buf;
 	if (*rest) {
 		s->buffill = len - (rest - buf); /* = strlen(rest) */
-		s->linebuf = malloc(s->buffill + 1);
+		s->linebuf = g_malloc (s->buffill + 1);
 		memcpy(s->linebuf, rest, s->buffill);
 		*rest = '\0';
 		len -= s->buffill; /* possibly 0 */
@@ -1743,7 +1730,7 @@ exec_data (GIOChannel *source, GIOCondition condition, struct nbexec *s)
 			PrintText (s->sess, buf);
 	}
 
-	free(buf);
+	g_free (buf);
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -1805,8 +1792,7 @@ cmd_exec (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 #endif
-		s = (struct nbexec *) malloc (sizeof (struct nbexec));
-		memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
+		s = g_new0 (struct nbexec, 1);
 		s->myfd = fds[0];
 		s->tochannel = tochannel;
 		s->sess = sess;
@@ -1853,8 +1839,9 @@ cmd_exec (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 			PrintText (sess, "Error in fork(2)\n");
 			close(fds[0]);
 			close(fds[1]);
-			free (s);
-		} else
+			g_free (s);
+		}
+		else
 		{
 			/* Parent path */
 			close(fds[1]);
@@ -1946,8 +1933,8 @@ get_bool_cb (int val, getvalinfo *info)
 	if (is_session (info->sess))
 		handle_command (info->sess, buf, FALSE);
 
-	free (info->cmd);
-	free (info);
+	g_free (info->cmd);
+	g_free (info);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1958,8 +1945,8 @@ cmd_getbool (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 	if (!word[4][0])
 		return FALSE;
 
-	info = malloc (sizeof (*info));
-	info->cmd = strdup (word[2]);
+	info = g_new (getvalinfo, 1);
+	info->cmd = g_strdup (word[2]);
 	info->sess = sess;
 
 	fe_get_bool (word[3], word_eol[4], get_bool_cb, info);
@@ -1979,8 +1966,8 @@ get_int_cb (int cancel, int val, getvalinfo *info)
 			handle_command (info->sess, buf, FALSE);
 	}
 
-	free (info->cmd);
-	free (info);
+	g_free (info->cmd);
+	g_free (info);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1991,8 +1978,8 @@ cmd_getint (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 	if (!word[4][0])
 		return FALSE;
 
-	info = malloc (sizeof (*info));
-	info->cmd = strdup (word[3]);
+	info = g_new (getvalinfo, 1);
+	info->cmd = g_strdup (word[3]);
 	info->sess = sess;
 
 	fe_get_int (word[4], atoi (word[2]), get_int_cb, info);
@@ -2015,7 +2002,7 @@ get_file_cb (char *cmd, char *file)
 	else
 	{
 		handle_command (current_sess, cmd, FALSE);
-		free (cmd);
+		g_free (cmd);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2046,7 +2033,7 @@ cmd_getfile (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 		idx++;
 	}
 
-	fe_get_file (word[idx+1], word[idx+2], (void *)get_file_cb, strdup (word[idx]), flags);
+	fe_get_file (word[idx+1], word[idx+2], (void *)get_file_cb, g_strdup (word[idx]), flags);
 
 	return TRUE;
 }
@@ -2063,8 +2050,8 @@ get_str_cb (int cancel, char *val, getvalinfo *info)
 			handle_command (info->sess, buf, FALSE);
 	}
 
-	free (info->cmd);
-	free (info);
+	g_free (info->cmd);
+	g_free (info);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -2075,8 +2062,8 @@ cmd_getstr (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 	if (!word[4][0])
 		return FALSE;
 
-	info = malloc (sizeof (*info));
-	info->cmd = strdup (word[3]);
+	info = g_new (getvalinfo, 1);
+	info->cmd = g_strdup (word[3]);
 	info->sess = sess;
 
 	fe_get_str (word[4], word[2], get_str_cb, info);
@@ -2202,7 +2189,7 @@ cmd_help (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 	} else
 	{
 		struct popup *pop;
-		char *buf = malloc (4096);
+		char *buf = g_malloc (4096);
 		help_list hl;
 
 		hl.longfmt = longfmt;
@@ -2247,7 +2234,7 @@ cmd_help (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 		plugin_command_foreach (sess, &hl, (void *)show_help_line);
 		strcat (buf, "\n");
 		PrintText (sess, buf);
-		free (buf);
+		g_free (buf);
 
 		PrintTextf (sess, "\n%s\n\n", _("Type /HELP <command> for more information, or /HELP -l"));
 	}
@@ -2723,7 +2710,7 @@ mop_cb (struct User *user, multidata *data)
 static int
 cmd_mop (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 {
-	char **nicks = malloc (sizeof (char *) * (sess->total - sess->ops));
+	char **nicks = g_new0 (char *, sess->total - sess->ops);
 	multidata data;
 
 	data.nicks = nicks;
@@ -2731,7 +2718,7 @@ cmd_mop (struct session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 	tree_foreach (sess->usertree, (tree_traverse_func *)mop_cb, &data);
 	send_channel_modes (sess, tbuf, nicks, 0, data.i, '+', 'o', 0);
 
-	free (nicks);
+	g_free (nicks);
 
 	return TRUE;
 }
@@ -4313,81 +4300,78 @@ check_special_chars (char *cmd, int do_ascii) /* check for %X */
 	if (!len)
 		return;
 
-	buf = malloc (len + 1);
+	buf = g_malloc (len + 1);
 
-	if (buf)
+	while (cmd[j])
 	{
-		while (cmd[j])
+		switch (cmd[j])
 		{
-			switch (cmd[j])
+		case '%':
+			occur++;
+			if (	do_ascii &&
+					j + 3 < len &&
+					(isdigit ((unsigned char) cmd[j + 1]) && isdigit ((unsigned char) cmd[j + 2]) &&
+					isdigit ((unsigned char) cmd[j + 3])))
 			{
-			case '%':
-				occur++;
-				if (	do_ascii &&
-						j + 3 < len &&
-						(isdigit ((unsigned char) cmd[j + 1]) && isdigit ((unsigned char) cmd[j + 2]) &&
-						isdigit ((unsigned char) cmd[j + 3])))
+				tbuf[0] = cmd[j + 1];
+				tbuf[1] = cmd[j + 2];
+				tbuf[2] = cmd[j + 3];
+				tbuf[3] = 0;
+				buf[i] = atoi (tbuf);
+				utf = g_locale_to_utf8 (buf + i, 1, 0, &utf_len, 0);
+				if (utf)
 				{
-					tbuf[0] = cmd[j + 1];
-					tbuf[1] = cmd[j + 2];
-					tbuf[2] = cmd[j + 3];
-					tbuf[3] = 0;
-					buf[i] = atoi (tbuf);
-					utf = g_locale_to_utf8 (buf + i, 1, 0, &utf_len, 0);
-					if (utf)
-					{
-						memcpy (buf + i, utf, utf_len);
-						g_free (utf);
-						i += (utf_len - 1);
-					}
-					j += 3;
-				} else
+					memcpy (buf + i, utf, utf_len);
+					g_free (utf);
+					i += (utf_len - 1);
+				}
+				j += 3;
+			} else
+			{
+				switch (cmd[j + 1])
 				{
-					switch (cmd[j + 1])
-					{
-					case 'R':
-						buf[i] = '\026';
-						break;
-					case 'U':
-						buf[i] = '\037';
-						break;
-					case 'B':
-						buf[i] = '\002';
-						break;
-					case 'I':
-						buf[i] = '\035';
-						break;
-					case 'C':
-						buf[i] = '\003';
-						break;
-					case 'O':
-						buf[i] = '\017';
-						break;
-					case 'H':	/* CL: invisible text code */
-						buf[i] = HIDDEN_CHAR;
-						break;
-					case '%':
-						buf[i] = '%';
-						break;
-					default:
-						buf[i] = '%';
-						j--;
-						break;
-					}
-					j++;
+				case 'R':
+					buf[i] = '\026';
+					break;
+				case 'U':
+					buf[i] = '\037';
+					break;
+				case 'B':
+					buf[i] = '\002';
+					break;
+				case 'I':
+					buf[i] = '\035';
+					break;
+				case 'C':
+					buf[i] = '\003';
+					break;
+				case 'O':
+					buf[i] = '\017';
+					break;
+				case 'H':	/* CL: invisible text code */
+					buf[i] = HIDDEN_CHAR;
+					break;
+				case '%':
+					buf[i] = '%';
+					break;
+				default:
+					buf[i] = '%';
+					j--;
 					break;
-			default:
-					buf[i] = cmd[j];
 				}
+				j++;
+				break;
+		default:
+				buf[i] = cmd[j];
 			}
-			j++;
-			i++;
 		}
-		buf[i] = 0;
-		if (occur)
-			strcpy (cmd, buf);
-		free (buf);
+		j++;
+		i++;
 	}
+	buf[i] = 0;
+	if (occur)
+		strcpy (cmd, buf);
+	g_free (buf);
 }
 
 typedef struct
@@ -4487,12 +4471,10 @@ handle_say (session *sess, char *text, int check_spch)
 	struct DCC *dcc;
 	char *word[PDIWORDS+1];
 	char *word_eol[PDIWORDS+1];
-	char pdibuf_static[1024];
-	char newcmd_static[1024];
-	char *pdibuf = pdibuf_static;
-	char *newcmd = newcmd_static;
+	char *pdibuf;
+	char *newcmd;
 	int len;
-	int newcmdlen = sizeof newcmd_static;
+	int newcmdlen;
 	message_tags_data no_tags = MESSAGE_TAGS_DATA_INIT;
 
 	if (strcmp (sess->channel, "(lastlog)") == 0)
@@ -4502,11 +4484,9 @@ handle_say (session *sess, char *text, int check_spch)
 	}
 
 	len = strlen (text);
-	if (len >= sizeof pdibuf_static)
-		pdibuf = malloc (len + 1);
-
-	if (len + NICKLEN >= newcmdlen)
-		newcmd = malloc (newcmdlen = len + NICKLEN + 1);
+	pdibuf = g_malloc (len + 1);
+	newcmdlen = MAX(len + NICKLEN + 1, TBUFSIZE);
+	newcmd = g_malloc (newcmdlen);
 
 	if (check_spch && prefs.hex_input_perc_color)
 		check_special_chars (text, prefs.hex_input_perc_ascii);
@@ -4579,11 +4559,9 @@ handle_say (session *sess, char *text, int check_spch)
 	}
 
 xit:
-	if (pdibuf != pdibuf_static)
-		free (pdibuf);
+	g_free (pdibuf);
 
-	if (newcmd != newcmd_static)
-		free (newcmd);
+	g_free (newcmd);
 }
 
 char *
@@ -4677,8 +4655,6 @@ handle_command (session *sess, char *cmd, int check_spch)
 	char *word_eol[PDIWORDS+1];
 	static int command_level = 0;
 	struct commands *int_cmd;
-	char pdibuf_static[1024];
-	char tbuf_static[TBUFSIZE];
 	char *pdibuf;
 	char *tbuf;
 	int len;
@@ -4693,23 +4669,8 @@ handle_command (session *sess, char *cmd, int check_spch)
 	/* anything below MUST DEC command_level before returning */
 
 	len = strlen (cmd);
-	if (len >= sizeof (pdibuf_static))
-	{
-		pdibuf = malloc (len + 1);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		pdibuf = pdibuf_static;
-	}
-
-	if ((len * 2) >= sizeof (tbuf_static))
-	{
-		tbuf = malloc ((len * 2) + 1);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		tbuf = tbuf_static;
-	}
+	pdibuf = g_malloc (len + 1);
+	tbuf = g_malloc (MAX(TBUFSIZE, (len * 2) + 1));
 
 	/* split the text into words and word_eol */
 	process_data_init (pdibuf, cmd, word, word_eol, TRUE, TRUE);
@@ -4802,15 +4763,8 @@ handle_command (session *sess, char *cmd, int check_spch)
 xit:
 	command_level--;
 
-	if (pdibuf != pdibuf_static)
-	{
-		free (pdibuf);
-	}
-
-	if (tbuf != tbuf_static)
-	{
-		free (tbuf);
-	}
+	g_free (pdibuf);
+	g_free (tbuf);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/common/plugin-timer.c b/src/common/plugin-timer.c
index 4f2030e3..d0c82c28 100644
--- a/src/common/plugin-timer.c
+++ b/src/common/plugin-timer.c
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ static void
 timer_del (timer *tim)
 {
 	timer_list = g_slist_remove (timer_list, tim);
-	free (tim->command);
+	g_free (tim->command);
 	hexchat_unhook (ph, tim->hook);
-	free (tim);
+	g_free (tim);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@ timer_add (int ref, int timeout, int repeat, char *command)
 		}
 	}
 
-	tim = malloc (sizeof (timer));
+	tim = g_new (timer, 1);
 	tim->ref = ref;
 	tim->repeat = repeat;
 	tim->timeout = timeout;
-	tim->command = strdup (command);
+	tim->command = g_strdup (command);
 	tim->context = hexchat_get_context (ph);
 	tim->forever = FALSE;
 
diff --git a/src/common/plugin.c b/src/common/plugin.c
index 367e3230..1b4a38fd 100644
--- a/src/common/plugin.c
+++ b/src/common/plugin.c
@@ -161,16 +161,12 @@ plugin_free (hexchat_plugin *pl, int do_deinit, int allow_refuse)
 xit:
 	if (pl->free_strings)
 	{
-		if (pl->name)
-			free (pl->name);
-		if (pl->desc)
-			free (pl->desc);
-		if (pl->version)
-			free (pl->version);
+		g_free (pl->name);
+		g_free (pl->desc);
+		g_free (pl->version);
 	}
-	if (pl->filename)
-		free ((char *)pl->filename);
-	free (pl);
+	g_free ((char *)pl->filename);
+	g_free (pl);
 
 	plugin_list = g_slist_remove (plugin_list, pl);
 
@@ -188,7 +184,7 @@ plugin_list_add (hexchat_context *ctx, char *filename, const char *name,
 {
 	hexchat_plugin *pl;
 
-	pl = malloc (sizeof (hexchat_plugin));
+	pl = g_new (hexchat_plugin, 1);
 	pl->handle = handle;
 	pl->filename = filename;
 	pl->context = ctx;
@@ -239,9 +235,7 @@ plugin_add (session *sess, char *filename, void *handle, void *init_func,
 	hexchat_plugin *pl;
 	char *file;
 
-	file = NULL;
-	if (filename)
-		file = strdup (filename);
+	file = g_strdup (filename);
 
 	pl = plugin_list_add (sess, file, file, NULL, NULL, handle, deinit_func,
 								 fake, FALSE);
@@ -596,7 +590,7 @@ xit:
 		if (!hook || hook->type == HOOK_DELETED)
 		{
 			hook_list = g_slist_remove (hook_list, hook);
-			free (hook);
+			g_free (hook);
 		}
 		list = next;
 	}
@@ -615,13 +609,7 @@ plugin_emit_command (session *sess, char *name, char *word[], char *word_eol[])
 hexchat_event_attrs *
 hexchat_event_attrs_create (hexchat_plugin *ph)
 {
-	hexchat_event_attrs *attrs;
-
-	attrs = g_malloc (sizeof (*attrs));
-
-	attrs->server_time_utc = (time_t) 0;
-
-	return attrs;
+	return g_new0 (hexchat_event_attrs, 1);
 }
 
 void
@@ -796,15 +784,11 @@ plugin_add_hook (hexchat_plugin *pl, int type, int pri, const char *name,
 {
 	hexchat_hook *hook;
 
-	hook = malloc (sizeof (hexchat_hook));
-	memset (hook, 0, sizeof (hexchat_hook));
-
+	hook = g_new0 (hexchat_hook, 1);
 	hook->type = type;
 	hook->pri = pri;
-	if (name)
-		hook->name = strdup (name);
-	if (help_text)
-		hook->help_text = strdup (help_text);
+	hook->name = g_strdup (name);
+	hook->help_text = g_strdup (help_text);
 	hook->callback = callb;
 	hook->pl = pl;
 	hook->userdata = userdata;
@@ -892,10 +876,8 @@ hexchat_unhook (hexchat_plugin *ph, hexchat_hook *hook)
 
 	hook->type = HOOK_DELETED;	/* expunge later */
 
-	if (hook->name)
-		free (hook->name);	/* NULL for timers & fds */
-	if (hook->help_text)
-		free (hook->help_text);	/* NULL for non-commands */
+	g_free (hook->name);	/* NULL for timers & fds */
+	g_free (hook->help_text);	/* NULL for non-commands */
 
 	return hook->userdata;
 }
@@ -1263,8 +1245,7 @@ hexchat_list_get (hexchat_plugin *ph, const char *name)
 {
 	hexchat_list *list;
 
-	list = malloc (sizeof (hexchat_list));
-	list->pos = NULL;
+	list = g_new0 (hexchat_list, 1);
 
 	switch (str_hash (name))
 	{
@@ -1299,7 +1280,7 @@ hexchat_list_get (hexchat_plugin *ph, const char *name)
 		}	/* fall through */
 
 	default:
-		free (list);
+		g_free (list);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -1311,7 +1292,7 @@ hexchat_list_free (hexchat_plugin *ph, hexchat_list *xlist)
 {
 	if (xlist->type == LIST_USERS)
 		g_slist_free (xlist->head);
-	free (xlist);
+	g_free (xlist);
 }
 
 int
@@ -1651,8 +1632,8 @@ hexchat_plugingui_add (hexchat_plugin *ph, const char *filename,
 							const char *version, char *reserved)
 {
 #ifdef USE_PLUGIN
-	ph = plugin_list_add (NULL, strdup (filename), strdup (name), strdup (desc),
-								 strdup (version), NULL, NULL, TRUE, TRUE);
+	ph = plugin_list_add (NULL, g_strdup (filename), g_strdup (name), g_strdup (desc),
+								 g_strdup (version), NULL, NULL, TRUE, TRUE);
 	fe_pluginlist_update ();
 #endif
 
@@ -1917,7 +1898,6 @@ hexchat_pluginpref_get_str_real (hexchat_plugin *pl, const char *var, char *dest
 		g_free (confname);
 		return 0;
 	}
-
 	g_free (confname);
 
 	if (!cfg_get_str (cfg, var, buf, sizeof(buf)))
diff --git a/src/common/proto-irc.c b/src/common/proto-irc.c
index d5a8fc04..d3adef86 100644
--- a/src/common/proto-irc.c
+++ b/src/common/proto-irc.c
@@ -1481,13 +1481,10 @@ irc_inline (server *serv, char *buf, int len)
 	char *type, *text;
 	char *word[PDIWORDS+1];
 	char *word_eol[PDIWORDS+1];
-	char pdibuf_static[522]; /* 1 line can potentially be 512*6 in utf8 */
-	char *pdibuf = pdibuf_static;
+	char *pdibuf;
 	message_tags_data tags_data = MESSAGE_TAGS_DATA_INIT;
 
-	/* need more than 522? fall back to malloc */
-	if (len >= sizeof (pdibuf_static))
-		pdibuf = malloc (len + 1);
+	pdibuf = g_malloc (len + 1);
 
 	sess = serv->front_session;
 
@@ -1566,8 +1563,7 @@ irc_inline (server *serv, char *buf, int len)
 	}
 
 xit:
-	if (pdibuf != pdibuf_static)
-		free (pdibuf);
+	g_free (pdibuf);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/common/server.c b/src/common/server.c
index 3e9e256f..87ead792 100644
--- a/src/common/server.c
+++ b/src/common/server.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ tcp_send_queue (server *serv)
 
 				buf--;
 				serv->outbound_queue = g_slist_remove (serv->outbound_queue, buf);
-				free (buf);
+				g_free (buf);
 				list = serv->outbound_queue;
 			} else
 			{
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ tcp_send_len (server *serv, char *buf, int len)
 	if (!prefs.hex_net_throttle)
 		return server_send_real (serv, buf, len);
 
-	dbuf = malloc (len + 2);	/* first byte is the priority */
+	dbuf = g_malloc (len + 2);	/* first byte is the priority */
 	dbuf[0] = 2;	/* pri 2 for most things */
 	memcpy (dbuf + 1, buf, len);
 	dbuf[len + 1] = 0;
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ server_close_pipe (int *pipefd)	/* see comments below */
 {
 	close (pipefd[0]);	/* close WRITE end first to cause an EOF on READ */
 	close (pipefd[1]);	/* in giowin32, and end that thread. */
-	free (pipefd);
+	g_free (pipefd);
 	return FALSE;
 }
 
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ server_stopconnecting (server * serv)
 
 	{
 		/* if we close the pipe now, giowin32 will crash. */
-		int *pipefd = malloc (sizeof (int) * 2);
+		int *pipefd = g_new (int, 2);
 		pipefd[0] = serv->childwrite;
 		pipefd[1] = serv->childread;
 		g_idle_add ((GSourceFunc)server_close_pipe, pipefd);
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ traverse_socks5 (int print_fd, int sok, char *serverAddr, int port)
 
 	addrlen = strlen (serverAddr);
 	packetlen = 4 + 1 + addrlen + 2;
-	sc2 = malloc (packetlen);
+	sc2 = g_malloc (packetlen);
 	sc2[0] = 5;						  /* version */
 	sc2[1] = 1;						  /* command */
 	sc2[2] = 0;						  /* reserved */
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ traverse_socks5 (int print_fd, int sok, char *serverAddr, int port)
 	memcpy (sc2 + 5, serverAddr, addrlen);
 	*((unsigned short *) (sc2 + 5 + addrlen)) = htons (port);
 	send (sok, sc2, packetlen, 0);
-	free (sc2);
+	g_free (sc2);
 
 	/* consume all of the reply */
 	if (recv (sok, buf, 4, 0) != 4)
@@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ server_child (server * serv)
 			if (proxy_type) {
 				char *c;
 				c = strchr (proxy, ':') + 3;
-				proxy_host = strdup (c);
+				proxy_host = g_strdup (c);
 				c = strchr (proxy_host, ':');
 				*c = '\0';
 				proxy_port = atoi (c + 1);
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ server_child (server * serv)
 			   prefs.hex_net_proxy_use != 2) /* proxy is NOT dcc-only */
 		{
 			proxy_type = prefs.hex_net_proxy_type;
-			proxy_host = strdup (prefs.hex_net_proxy_host);
+			proxy_host = g_strdup (prefs.hex_net_proxy_host);
 			proxy_port = prefs.hex_net_proxy_port;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@ server_child (server * serv)
 		snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "9\n%s\n", proxy_host);
 		write (serv->childwrite, buf, strlen (buf));
 		ip = net_resolve (ns_server, proxy_host, proxy_port, &real_hostname);
-		free (proxy_host);
+		g_free (proxy_host);
 		if (!ip)
 		{
 			write (serv->childwrite, "1\n", 2);
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ server_child (server * serv)
 				goto xit;
 			}
 		} else						  /* otherwise we can just use the hostname */
-			proxy_ip = strdup (hostname);
+			proxy_ip = g_strdup (hostname);
 	} else
 	{
 		ip = net_resolve (ns_server, hostname, port, &real_hostname);
@@ -1657,12 +1657,9 @@ xit:
 	/* no need to free ip/real_hostname, this process is exiting */
 #ifdef WIN32
 	/* under win32 we use a thread -> shared memory, must free! */
-	if (proxy_ip)
-		free (proxy_ip);
-	if (ip)
-		free (ip);
-	if (real_hostname)
-		free (real_hostname);
+	g_free (proxy_ip);
+	g_free (ip);
+	g_free (real_hostname);
 #endif
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1827,7 +1824,7 @@ server_set_encoding (server *serv, char *new_encoding)
 
 	if (serv->encoding)
 	{
-		free (serv->encoding);
+		g_free (serv->encoding);
 		/* can be left as NULL to indicate system encoding */
 		serv->encoding = NULL;
 		serv->using_cp1255 = FALSE;
@@ -1836,7 +1833,7 @@ server_set_encoding (server *serv, char *new_encoding)
 
 	if (new_encoding)
 	{
-		serv->encoding = strdup (new_encoding);
+		serv->encoding = g_strdup (new_encoding);
 		/* the serverlist GUI might have added a space 
 			and short description - remove it. */
 		space = strchr (serv->encoding, ' ');
@@ -1858,8 +1855,7 @@ server_new (void)
 	static int id = 0;
 	server *serv;
 
-	serv = malloc (sizeof (struct server));
-	memset (serv, 0, sizeof (struct server));
+	serv = g_new0 (struct server, 1);
 
 	/* use server.c and proto-irc.c functions */
 	server_fill_her_up (serv);
@@ -1885,19 +1881,15 @@ is_server (server *serv)
 void
 server_set_defaults (server *serv)
 {
-	if (serv->chantypes)
-		free (serv->chantypes);
-	if (serv->chanmodes)
-		free (serv->chanmodes);
-	if (serv->nick_prefixes)
-		free (serv->nick_prefixes);
-	if (serv->nick_modes)
-		free (serv->nick_modes);
-
-	serv->chantypes = strdup ("#&!+");
-	serv->chanmodes = strdup ("beI,k,l");
-	serv->nick_prefixes = strdup ("@%+");
-	serv->nick_modes = strdup ("ohv");
+	g_free (serv->chantypes);
+	g_free (serv->chanmodes);
+	g_free (serv->nick_prefixes);
+	g_free (serv->nick_modes);
+
+	serv->chantypes = g_strdup ("#&!+");
+	serv->chanmodes = g_strdup ("beI,k,l");
+	serv->nick_prefixes = g_strdup ("@%+");
+	serv->nick_modes = g_strdup ("ohv");
 
 	serv->nickcount = 1;
 	serv->end_of_motd = FALSE;
@@ -2001,9 +1993,8 @@ server_away_free_messages (server *serv)
 		if (away->server == serv)
 		{
 			away_list = g_slist_remove (away_list, away);
-			if (away->message)
-				free (away->message);
-			free (away);
+			g_free (away->message);
+			g_free (away);
 			next = away_list;
 		}
 		list = next;
@@ -2017,20 +2008,17 @@ server_away_save_message (server *serv, char *nick, char *msg)
 
 	if (away)						  /* Change message for known user */
 	{
-		if (away->message)
-			free (away->message);
-		away->message = strdup (msg);
-	} else
-		/* Create brand new entry */
+		g_free (away->message);
+		away->message = g_strdup (msg);
+	}
+	else
 	{
-		away = malloc (sizeof (struct away_msg));
-		if (away)
-		{
-			away->server = serv;
-			safe_strcpy (away->nick, nick, sizeof (away->nick));
-			away->message = strdup (msg);
-			away_list = g_slist_prepend (away_list, away);
-		}
+		/* Create brand new entry */
+		away = g_new(struct away_msg, 1);
+		away->server = serv;
+		safe_strcpy (away->nick, nick, sizeof (away->nick));
+		away->message = g_strdup (msg);
+		away_list = g_slist_prepend (away_list, away);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2045,16 +2033,13 @@ server_free (server *serv)
 	serv->flush_queue (serv);
 	server_away_free_messages (serv);
 
-	free (serv->nick_modes);
-	free (serv->nick_prefixes);
-	free (serv->chanmodes);
-	free (serv->chantypes);
-	if (serv->bad_nick_prefixes)
-		free (serv->bad_nick_prefixes);
-	if (serv->last_away_reason)
-		free (serv->last_away_reason);
-	if (serv->encoding)
-		free (serv->encoding);
+	g_free (serv->nick_modes);
+	g_free (serv->nick_prefixes);
+	g_free (serv->chanmodes);
+	g_free (serv->chantypes);
+	g_free (serv->bad_nick_prefixes);
+	g_free (serv->last_away_reason);
+	g_free (serv->encoding);
 	if (serv->favlist)
 		g_slist_free_full (serv->favlist, (GDestroyNotify) servlist_favchan_free);
 #ifdef USE_OPENSSL
@@ -2064,7 +2049,7 @@ server_free (server *serv)
 
 	fe_server_callback (serv);
 
-	free (serv);
+	g_free (serv);
 
 	notify_cleanup ();
 }
diff --git a/src/common/servlist.c b/src/common/servlist.c
index 7de77596..fa000e8c 100644
--- a/src/common/servlist.c
+++ b/src/common/servlist.c
@@ -566,9 +566,7 @@ servlist_favchan_copy (favchannel *fav)
 {
 	favchannel *newfav;
 
-	newfav = malloc (sizeof (favchannel));
-	memset (newfav, 0, sizeof (favchannel));
-
+	newfav = g_new (favchannel, 1);
 	newfav->name = g_strdup (fav->name);
 	newfav->key = g_strdup (fav->key);		/* g_strdup() can handle NULLs so no need to check it */
 
@@ -924,9 +922,8 @@ servlist_server_add (ircnet *net, char *name)
 {
 	ircserver *serv;
 
-	serv = malloc (sizeof (ircserver));
-	memset (serv, 0, sizeof (ircserver));
-	serv->hostname = strdup (name);
+	serv = g_new (ircserver, 1);
+	serv->hostname = g_strdup (name);
 
 	net->servlist = g_slist_append (net->servlist, serv);
 
@@ -938,9 +935,8 @@ servlist_command_add (ircnet *net, char *cmd)
 {
 	commandentry *entry;
 
-	entry = malloc (sizeof (commandentry));
-	memset (entry, 0, sizeof (commandentry));
-	entry->command = strdup (cmd);
+	entry = g_new (commandentry, 1);
+	entry->command = g_strdup (cmd);
 
 	net->commandlist = g_slist_append (net->commandlist, entry);
 
@@ -952,9 +948,7 @@ servlist_favchan_listadd (GSList *chanlist, char *channel, char *key)
 {
 	favchannel *chan;
 
-	chan = malloc (sizeof (favchannel));
-	memset (chan, 0, sizeof (favchannel));
-
+	chan = g_new (favchannel, 1);
 	chan->name = g_strdup (channel);
 	chan->key = g_strdup (key);
 	chanlist = g_slist_append (chanlist, chan);
@@ -990,8 +984,8 @@ servlist_favchan_add (ircnet *net, char *channel)
 void
 servlist_server_remove (ircnet *net, ircserver *serv)
 {
-	free (serv->hostname);
-	free (serv);
+	g_free (serv->hostname);
+	g_free (serv);
 	net->servlist = g_slist_remove (net->servlist, serv);
 }
 
@@ -1044,7 +1038,7 @@ free_and_clear (char *str)
 		char *orig = str;
 		while (*str)
 			*str++ = 0;
-		free (orig);
+		g_free (orig);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1072,25 +1066,18 @@ servlist_net_remove (ircnet *net)
 	servlist_server_remove_all (net);
 	network_list = g_slist_remove (network_list, net);
 
-	if (net->nick)
-		free (net->nick);
-	if (net->nick2)
-		free (net->nick2);
-	if (net->user)
-		free (net->user);
-	if (net->real)
-		free (net->real);
+	g_free (net->nick);
+	g_free (net->nick2);
+	g_free (net->user);
+	g_free (net->real);
 	free_and_clear (net->pass);
 	if (net->favchanlist)
 		g_slist_free_full (net->favchanlist, (GDestroyNotify) servlist_favchan_free);
 	if (net->commandlist)
 		g_slist_free_full (net->commandlist, (GDestroyNotify) servlist_command_free);
-	if (net->comment)
-		free (net->comment);
-	if (net->encoding)
-		free (net->encoding);
-	free (net->name);
-	free (net);
+	g_free (net->encoding);
+	g_free (net->name);
+	g_free (net);
 
 	/* for safety */
 	list = serv_list;
@@ -1110,10 +1097,8 @@ servlist_net_add (char *name, char *comment, int prepend)
 {
 	ircnet *net;
 
-	net = malloc (sizeof (ircnet));
-	memset (net, 0, sizeof (ircnet));
-	net->name = strdup (name);
-/*	net->comment = strdup (comment);*/
+	net = g_new0 (ircnet, 1);
+	net->name = g_strdup (name);
 	net->flags = FLAG_CYCLE | FLAG_USE_GLOBAL | FLAG_USE_PROXY;
 
 	if (prepend)
@@ -1210,25 +1195,25 @@ servlist_load (void)
 			switch (buf[0])
 			{
 			case 'I':
-				net->nick = strdup (buf + 2);
+				net->nick = g_strdup (buf + 2);
 				break;
 			case 'i':
-				net->nick2 = strdup (buf + 2);
+				net->nick2 = g_strdup (buf + 2);
 				break;
 			case 'U':
-				net->user = strdup (buf + 2);
+				net->user = g_strdup (buf + 2);
 				break;
 			case 'R':
-				net->real = strdup (buf + 2);
+				net->real = g_strdup (buf + 2);
 				break;
 			case 'P':
-				net->pass = strdup (buf + 2);
+				net->pass = g_strdup (buf + 2);
 				break;
 			case 'L':
 				net->logintype = atoi (buf + 2);
 				break;
 			case 'E':
-				net->encoding = strdup (buf + 2);
+				net->encoding = g_strdup (buf + 2);
 				break;
 			case 'F':
 				net->flags = atoi (buf + 2);
@@ -1258,7 +1243,7 @@ servlist_load (void)
 			case 'A':
 				if (!net->pass)
 				{
-					net->pass = strdup (buf + 2);
+					net->pass = g_strdup (buf + 2);
 					if (!net->logintype)
 					{
 						net->logintype = LOGIN_SASL;
@@ -1267,7 +1252,7 @@ servlist_load (void)
 			case 'B':
 				if (!net->pass)
 				{
-					net->pass = strdup (buf + 2);
+					net->pass = g_strdup (buf + 2);
 					if (!net->logintype)
 					{
 						net->logintype = LOGIN_NICKSERV;
diff --git a/src/common/servlist.h b/src/common/servlist.h
index 6d6f1bd3..a305aede 100644
--- a/src/common/servlist.h
+++ b/src/common/servlist.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ typedef struct ircnet
 	char *real;
 	char *pass;
 	int logintype;
-	char *comment;
 	char *encoding;
 	GSList *servlist;
 	GSList *commandlist;
diff --git a/src/common/ssl.c b/src/common/ssl.c
index 26fbc1ba..78c3c510 100644
--- a/src/common/ssl.c
+++ b/src/common/ssl.c
@@ -504,9 +504,7 @@ _SSL_check_common_name (X509 *cert, const char *host)
 	if (common_name_len < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	common_name = calloc (common_name_len + 1, 1);
-	if (common_name == NULL)
-		return -1;
+	common_name = g_malloc0 (common_name_len + 1);
 
 	X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID (name, NID_commonName, common_name, common_name_len + 1);
 
@@ -535,7 +533,7 @@ _SSL_check_common_name (X509 *cert, const char *host)
 		rv = 0;
 
 out:
-	free(common_name);
+	g_free(common_name);
 	return rv;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/text.c b/src/common/text.c
index 62e7b730..8d270fcb 100644
--- a/src/common/text.c
+++ b/src/common/text.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ scrollback_get_filename (session *sess)
 		buf = g_strdup_printf ("%s" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "scrollback" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "%s" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "%s.txt", get_xdir (), net, chan);
 	else
 		buf = NULL;
-	free (chan);
+	g_free (chan);
 
 	return buf;
 }
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ log_create_filename (char *channame)
 	char *tmp, *ret;
 	int mbl;
 
-	ret = tmp = strdup (channame);
+	ret = tmp = g_strdup (channame);
 	while (*tmp)
 	{
 		mbl = g_utf8_skip[((unsigned char *)tmp)[0]];
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ log_create_pathname (char *servname, char *channame, char *netname)
 
 	if (!netname)
 	{
-		netname = strdup ("NETWORK");
+		netname = g_strdup ("NETWORK");
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ log_create_pathname (char *servname, char *channame, char *netname)
 	/* first, everything is in UTF-8 */
 	if (!rfc_casecmp (channame, servname))
 	{
-		channame = strdup ("server");
+		channame = g_strdup ("server");
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -560,8 +560,8 @@ log_create_pathname (char *servname, char *channame, char *netname)
 	}
 
 	log_insert_vars (fname, sizeof (fname), prefs.hex_irc_logmask, channame, netname, servname);
-	free (channame);
-	free (netname);
+	g_free (channame);
+	g_free (netname);
 
 	/* insert time/date */
 	now = time (NULL);
@@ -803,8 +803,6 @@ iso_8859_1_to_utf8 (unsigned char *text, int len, gsize *bytes_written)
 
 	/* worst case scenario: every byte turns into 3 bytes */
 	res = output = g_malloc ((len * 3) + 1);
-	if (!output)
-		return NULL;
 
 	while (len)
 	{
@@ -1565,14 +1563,13 @@ pevent_load_defaults ()
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_XP; i++)
 	{
-		if (pntevts_text[i])
-			free (pntevts_text[i]);
+		g_free (pntevts_text[i]);
 
 		/* make-te.c sets this 128 flag (DON'T call gettext() flag) */
 		if (te[i].num_args & 128)
-			pntevts_text[i] = strdup (te[i].def);
+			pntevts_text[i] = g_strdup (te[i].def);
 		else
-			pntevts_text[i] = strdup (_(te[i].def));
+			pntevts_text[i] = g_strdup (_(te[i].def));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1584,19 +1581,18 @@ pevent_make_pntevts ()
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_XP; i++)
 	{
-		if (pntevts[i] != NULL)
-			free (pntevts[i]);
+		g_free (pntevts[i]);
 		if (pevt_build_string (pntevts_text[i], &(pntevts[i]), &m) != 0)
 		{
 			snprintf (out, sizeof (out),
 						 _("Error parsing event %s.\nLoading default."), te[i].name);
 			fe_message (out, FE_MSG_WARN);
-			free (pntevts_text[i]);
+			g_free (pntevts_text[i]);
 			/* make-te.c sets this 128 flag (DON'T call gettext() flag) */
 			if (te[i].num_args & 128)
-				pntevts_text[i] = strdup (te[i].def);
+				pntevts_text[i] = g_strdup (te[i].def);
 			else
-				pntevts_text[i] = strdup (_(te[i].def));
+				pntevts_text[i] = g_strdup (_(te[i].def));
 			if (pevt_build_string (pntevts_text[i], &(pntevts[i]), &m) != 0)
 			{
 				fprintf (stderr,
@@ -1618,22 +1614,17 @@ pevent_make_pntevts ()
 static void
 pevent_trigger_load (int *i_penum, char **i_text, char **i_snd)
 {
-	int penum = *i_penum, len;
+	int penum = *i_penum;
 	char *text = *i_text, *snd = *i_snd;
 
 	if (penum != -1 && text != NULL)
 	{
-		len = strlen (text) + 1;
-		if (pntevts_text[penum])
-			free (pntevts_text[penum]);
-		pntevts_text[penum] = malloc (len);
-		memcpy (pntevts_text[penum], text, len);
+		g_free (pntevts_text[penum]);
+		pntevts_text[penum] = g_strdup (text);
 	}
 
-	if (text)
-		free (text);
-	if (snd)
-		free (snd);
+	g_free (text);
+	g_free (snd);
 	*i_text = NULL;
 	*i_snd = NULL;
 	*i_penum = 0;
@@ -1686,7 +1677,7 @@ pevent_load (char *filename)
 		close (fd);
 		return 1;
 	}
-	ibuf = malloc (st.st_size);
+	ibuf = g_malloc (st.st_size);
 	read (fd, ibuf, st.st_size);
 	close (fd);
 
@@ -1702,8 +1693,6 @@ pevent_load (char *filename)
 			continue;
 		*ofs = 0;
 		ofs++;
-		/*if (*ofs == 0)
-			continue;*/
 
 		if (strcmp (buf, "event_name") == 0)
 		{
@@ -1713,53 +1702,16 @@ pevent_load (char *filename)
 			continue;
 		} else if (strcmp (buf, "event_text") == 0)
 		{
-			if (text)
-				free (text);
-
-#if 0
-			/* This allows updating of old strings. We don't use new defaults
-				if the user has customized the strings (.e.g a text theme).
-				Hash of the old default is enough to identify and replace it.
-				This only works in English. */
-
-			switch (g_str_hash (ofs))
-			{
-			case 0x526743a4:
-		/* %C08,02 Hostmask                  PRIV NOTI CHAN CTCP INVI UNIG %O */
-				text = strdup (te[XP_TE_IGNOREHEADER].def);
-				break;
-
-			case 0xe91bc9c2:
-		/* %C08,02                                                         %O */
-				text = strdup (te[XP_TE_IGNOREFOOTER].def);
-				break;
-
-			case 0x1fbfdf22:
-		/* -%C10-%C11-%O$tDCC RECV: Cannot open $1 for writing - aborting. */
-				text = strdup (te[XP_TE_DCCFILEERR].def);
-				break;
-
-			default:
-				text = strdup (ofs);
-			}
-#else
-			text = strdup (ofs);
-#endif
-
-			continue;
-		}/* else if (strcmp (buf, "event_sound") == 0)
-		{
-			if (snd)
-				free (snd);
-			snd = strdup (ofs);
+			g_free (text);
+			text = g_strdup (ofs);
 			continue;
-		}*/
+		}
 
 		continue;
 	}
 
 	pevent_trigger_load (&penum, &text, &snd);
-	free (ibuf);
+	g_free (ibuf);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1777,9 +1729,9 @@ pevent_check_all_loaded ()
 			   gtkutil_simpledialog(out); */
 			/* make-te.c sets this 128 flag (DON'T call gettext() flag) */
 			if (te[i].num_args & 128)
-				pntevts_text[i] = strdup (te[i].def);
+				pntevts_text[i] = g_strdup (te[i].def);
 			else
-				pntevts_text[i] = strdup (_(te[i].def));
+				pntevts_text[i] = g_strdup (_(te[i].def));
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -1896,7 +1848,7 @@ pevt_build_string (const char *input, char **output, int *max_arg)
 	int oi, ii, max = -1, len, x;
 
 	len = strlen (input);
-	i = malloc (len + 1);
+	i = g_malloc (len + 1);
 	memcpy (i, input, len + 1);
 	check_special_chars (i, TRUE);
 
@@ -1921,14 +1873,14 @@ pevt_build_string (const char *input, char **output, int *max_arg)
 		}
 		if (oi > 0)
 		{
-			s = (struct pevt_stage1 *) malloc (sizeof (struct pevt_stage1));
+			s = g_new (struct pevt_stage1, 1);
 			if (base == NULL)
 				base = s;
 			if (last != NULL)
 				last->next = s;
 			last = s;
 			s->next = NULL;
-			s->data = malloc (oi + sizeof (int) + 1);
+			s->data = g_malloc (oi + sizeof (int) + 1);
 			s->len = oi + sizeof (int) + 1;
 			clen += oi + sizeof (int) + 1;
 			s->data[0] = 0;
@@ -1939,11 +1891,12 @@ pevt_build_string (const char *input, char **output, int *max_arg)
 		if (ii == len)
 		{
 			fe_message ("String ends with a $", FE_MSG_WARN);
-			return 1;
+			goto err;
 		}
 		d = i[ii++];
 		if (d == 'a')
-		{								  /* Hex value */
+		{
+			/* Hex value */
 			x = 0;
 			if (ii == len)
 				goto a_len_error;
@@ -1965,26 +1918,24 @@ pevt_build_string (const char *input, char **output, int *max_arg)
 			o[oi++] = x;
 			continue;
 
-		 a_len_error:
+		a_len_error:
 			fe_message ("String ends in $a", FE_MSG_WARN);
-			free (i);
-			return 1;
-		 a_range_error:
+			goto err;
+		a_range_error:
 			fe_message ("$a value is greater than 255", FE_MSG_WARN);
-			free (i);
-			return 1;
+			goto err;
 		}
 		if (d == 't')
 		{
 			/* Tab - if tabnicks is set then write '\t' else ' ' */
-			s = (struct pevt_stage1 *) malloc (sizeof (struct pevt_stage1));
+			s = g_new (struct pevt_stage1, 1);
 			if (base == NULL)
 				base = s;
 			if (last != NULL)
 				last->next = s;
 			last = s;
 			s->next = NULL;
-			s->data = malloc (1);
+			s->data = g_malloc (1);
 			s->len = 1;
 			clen += 1;
 			s->data[0] = 3;
@@ -1995,20 +1946,19 @@ pevt_build_string (const char *input, char **output, int *max_arg)
 		{
 			snprintf (o, sizeof (o), "Error, invalid argument $%c\n", d);
 			fe_message (o, FE_MSG_WARN);
-			free (i);
-			return 1;
+			goto err;
 		}
 		d -= '0';
 		if (max < d)
 			max = d;
-		s = (struct pevt_stage1 *) malloc (sizeof (struct pevt_stage1));
+		s = g_new (struct pevt_stage1, 1);
 		if (base == NULL)
 			base = s;
 		if (last != NULL)
 			last->next = s;
 		last = s;
 		s->next = NULL;
-		s->data = malloc (2);
+		s->data = g_malloc (2);
 		s->len = 2;
 		clen += 2;
 		s->data[0] = 1;
@@ -2016,14 +1966,14 @@ pevt_build_string (const char *input, char **output, int *max_arg)
 	}
 	if (oi > 0)
 	{
-		s = (struct pevt_stage1 *) malloc (sizeof (struct pevt_stage1));
+		s = g_new (struct pevt_stage1, 1);
 		if (base == NULL)
 			base = s;
 		if (last != NULL)
 			last->next = s;
 		last = s;
 		s->next = NULL;
-		s->data = malloc (oi + sizeof (int) + 1);
+		s->data = g_malloc (oi + sizeof (int) + 1);
 		s->len = oi + sizeof (int) + 1;
 		clen += oi + sizeof (int) + 1;
 		s->data[0] = 0;
@@ -2031,41 +1981,55 @@ pevt_build_string (const char *input, char **output, int *max_arg)
 		memcpy (&(s->data[1 + sizeof (int)]), o, oi);
 		oi = 0;
 	}
-	s = (struct pevt_stage1 *) malloc (sizeof (struct pevt_stage1));
+	s = g_new (struct pevt_stage1, 1);
 	if (base == NULL)
 		base = s;
 	if (last != NULL)
 		last->next = s;
 	last = s;
 	s->next = NULL;
-	s->data = malloc (1);
+	s->data = g_malloc (1);
 	s->len = 1;
 	clen += 1;
 	s->data[0] = 2;
 
 	oi = 0;
 	s = base;
-	obuf = malloc (clen);
+	obuf = g_malloc (clen);
+
 	while (s)
 	{
 		next = s->next;
 		memcpy (&obuf[oi], s->data, s->len);
 		oi += s->len;
-		free (s->data);
-		free (s);
+		g_free (s->data);
+		g_free (s);
 		s = next;
 	}
 
-	free (i);
+	g_free (i);
 
 	if (max_arg)
 		*max_arg = max;
 	if (output)
 		*output = obuf;
 	else
-		free (obuf);
+		g_free (obuf);
 
 	return 0;
+
+err:
+	while (s)
+	{
+		next = s->next;
+		g_free (s->data);
+		g_free (s);
+		s = next;
+	}
+
+	g_free(i);
+
+	return 1;
 }
 
 
@@ -2356,9 +2320,8 @@ sound_load_event (char *evt, char *file)
 
 	if (file[0] && pevent_find (evt, &i) != -1)
 	{
-		if (sound_files[i])
-			free (sound_files[i]);
-		sound_files[i] = strdup (file);
+		g_free (sound_files[i]);
+		sound_files[i] = g_strdup (file);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/tree.c b/src/common/tree.c
index 587d15f0..b9a894d2 100644
--- a/src/common/tree.c
+++ b/src/common/tree.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct _tree
 tree *
 tree_new (tree_cmp_func *cmp, void *data)
 {
-	tree *t = calloc (1, sizeof (tree));
+	tree *t = g_new0 (tree, 1);
 	t->cmp = cmp;
 	t->data = data;
 	return t;
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ tree_destroy (tree *t)
 {
 	if (t)
 	{
-		if (t->array)
-			free (t->array);
-		free (t);
+		g_free (t->array);
+		g_free (t);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/tree.h b/src/common/tree.h
index 848f5abf..8cde93ea 100644
--- a/src/common/tree.h
+++ b/src/common/tree.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #ifndef HEXCHAT_TREE_H
 #define HEXCHAT_TREE_H
 
+#include <glib.h>
+
 typedef struct _tree tree;
 
 typedef int (tree_cmp_func) (const void *keya, const void *keyb, void *data);
diff --git a/src/common/url.c b/src/common/url.c
index c5a3e718..0354d98c 100644
--- a/src/common/url.c
+++ b/src/common/url.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static gboolean match_path (const char *word, int *start, int *end);
 static int
 url_free (char *url, void *data)
 {
-	free (url);
+	g_free (url);
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -124,13 +124,7 @@ url_add (char *urltext, int len)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	data = malloc (len + 1);
-	if (!data)
-	{
-		return;
-	}
-	memcpy (data, urltext, len);
-	data[len] = 0;
+	data = g_strndup (urltext, len);
 
 	if (data[len - 1] == '.')	/* chop trailing dot */
 	{
@@ -151,7 +145,7 @@ url_add (char *urltext, int len)
 	/* the URL is saved already, only continue if we need the URL grabber too */
 	if (!prefs.hex_url_grabber)
 	{
-		free (data);
+		g_free (data);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -163,7 +157,7 @@ url_add (char *urltext, int len)
 
 	if (url_find (data))
 	{
-		free (data);
+		g_free (data);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -180,7 +174,7 @@ url_add (char *urltext, int len)
 
 			pos = tree_remove_at_pos (url_tree, 0);
 			g_tree_remove (url_btree, pos);
-			free (pos);
+			g_free (pos);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/common/userlist.c b/src/common/userlist.c
index e08cb857..ed794ddb 100644
--- a/src/common/userlist.c
+++ b/src/common/userlist.c
@@ -121,13 +121,12 @@ userlist_set_account (struct session *sess, char *nick, char *account)
 	user = userlist_find (sess, nick);
 	if (user)
 	{
-		if (user->account)
-			free (user->account);
+		g_free (user->account);
 			
 		if (strcmp (account, "*") == 0)
 			user->account = NULL;
 		else
-			user->account = strdup (account);
+			user->account = g_strdup (account);
 			
 		/* gui doesnt currently reflect login status, maybe later
 		fe_userlist_rehash (sess, user); */
@@ -148,14 +147,14 @@ userlist_add_hostname (struct session *sess, char *nick, char *hostname,
 		{
 			if (prefs.hex_gui_ulist_show_hosts)
 				do_rehash = TRUE;
-			user->hostname = strdup (hostname);
+			user->hostname = g_strdup (hostname);
 		}
 		if (!user->realname && realname && *realname)
-			user->realname = strdup (realname);
+			user->realname = g_strdup (realname);
 		if (!user->servername && servername)
-			user->servername = strdup (servername);
+			user->servername = g_strdup (servername);
 		if (!user->account && account && strcmp (account, "0") != 0)
-			user->account = strdup (account);
+			user->account = g_strdup (account);
 		if (away != 0xff)
 		{
 			if (user->away != away)
@@ -175,15 +174,11 @@ userlist_add_hostname (struct session *sess, char *nick, char *hostname,
 static int
 free_user (struct User *user, gpointer data)
 {
-	if (user->realname)
-		free (user->realname);
-	if (user->hostname)
-		free (user->hostname);
-	if (user->servername)
-		free (user->servername);
-	if (user->account)
-		free (user->account);
-	free (user);
+	g_free (user->realname);
+	g_free (user->hostname);
+	g_free (user->servername);
+	g_free (user->account);
+	g_free (user);
 
 	return TRUE;
 }
@@ -397,8 +392,7 @@ userlist_add (struct session *sess, char *name, char *hostname,
 
 	notify_set_online (sess->server, name + prefix_chars, tags_data);
 
-	user = malloc (sizeof (struct User));
-	memset (user, 0, sizeof (struct User));
+	user = g_new0 (struct User, 1);
 
 	user->access = acc;
 
@@ -408,7 +402,7 @@ userlist_add (struct session *sess, char *name, char *hostname,
 
 	/* add it to our linked list */
 	if (hostname)
-		user->hostname = strdup (hostname);
+		user->hostname = g_strdup (hostname);
 	safe_strcpy (user->nick, name + prefix_chars, NICKLEN);
 	/* is it me? */
 	if (!sess->server->p_cmp (user->nick, sess->server->nick))
@@ -417,9 +411,9 @@ userlist_add (struct session *sess, char *name, char *hostname,
 	if (sess->server->have_extjoin)
 	{
 		if (account && *account)
-			user->account = strdup (account);
+			user->account = g_strdup (account);
 		if (realname && *realname)
-			user->realname = strdup (realname);
+			user->realname = g_strdup (realname);
 	}
 
 	row = userlist_insertname (sess, user);
@@ -427,13 +421,10 @@ userlist_add (struct session *sess, char *name, char *hostname,
 	/* duplicate? some broken servers trigger this */
 	if (row == -1)
 	{
-		if (user->hostname)
-			free (user->hostname);
-		if (user->account)
-			free (user->account);
-		if (user->realname)
-			free (user->realname);
-		free (user);
+		g_free (user->hostname);
+		g_free (user->account);
+		g_free (user->realname);
+		g_free (user);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/common/util.c b/src/common/util.c
index 7eb6746f..f1c5bf82 100644
--- a/src/common/util.c
+++ b/src/common/util.c
@@ -619,8 +619,6 @@ get_sys_str (int with_cpu)
 	if (buf)
 		return buf;
 
-	buf = malloc (128);
-
 	uname (&un);
 
 #if defined (USING_LINUX) || defined (USING_FREEBSD) || defined (__APPLE__) || defined (__CYGWIN__)
@@ -629,14 +627,16 @@ get_sys_str (int with_cpu)
 	{
 		double cpuspeed = ( mhz > 1000 ) ? mhz / 1000 : mhz;
 		const char *cpuspeedstr = ( mhz > 1000 ) ? "GHz" : "MHz";
-		snprintf (buf, 128,
-					(cpus == 1) ? "%s %s [%s/%.2f%s]" : "%s %s [%s/%.2f%s/SMP]",
-					un.sysname, un.release, un.machine,
-					cpuspeed, cpuspeedstr);
+		buf = g_strdup_printf (
+			(cpus == 1) ? "%s %s [%s/%.2f%s]" : "%s %s [%s/%.2f%s/SMP]",
+			un.sysname, un.release, un.machine,
+			cpuspeed, cpuspeedstr);
 	}
 	else
+		buf = g_strdup_printf ("%s %s", un.sysname, un.release);
+#else
+	buf = g_strdup_printf ("%s %s", un.sysname, un.release);
 #endif
-		snprintf (buf, 128, "%s %s", un.sysname, un.release);
 
 	return buf;
 }
@@ -1503,7 +1503,7 @@ parse_dh (char *str, DH **dh_out, unsigned char **secret_out, int *keysize_out)
 {
 	DH *dh;
 	guchar *data, *decoded_data;
-	guchar *secret;
+	guchar *secret = NULL;
 	gsize data_len;
 	guint size;
 	guint16 size16;
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ parse_dh (char *str, DH **dh_out, unsigned char **secret_out, int *keysize_out)
 	if (!(DH_generate_key (dh)))
 		goto fail;
 
-	secret = (unsigned char*)malloc (DH_size(dh));
+	secret = g_malloc (DH_size (dh));
 	key_size = DH_compute_key (secret, pubkey, dh);
 	if (key_size == -1)
 		goto fail;
@@ -1568,7 +1568,9 @@ parse_dh (char *str, DH **dh_out, unsigned char **secret_out, int *keysize_out)
 	return 1;
 
 fail:
+	g_free (secret);
 	g_free (decoded_data);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1576,7 +1578,7 @@ char *
 encode_sasl_pass_blowfish (char *user, char *pass, char *data)
 {
 	DH *dh;
-	char *response, *ret;
+	char *response, *ret = NULL;
 	unsigned char *secret;
 	unsigned char *encrypted_pass;
 	char *plain_pass;
@@ -1591,10 +1593,8 @@ encode_sasl_pass_blowfish (char *user, char *pass, char *data)
 		return NULL;
 	BF_set_key (&key, key_size, secret);
 
-	encrypted_pass = (guchar*)malloc (pass_len);
-	memset (encrypted_pass, 0, pass_len);
-	plain_pass = (char*)malloc (pass_len);
-	memset (plain_pass, 0, pass_len);
+	encrypted_pass = g_malloc0 (pass_len);
+	plain_pass = g_malloc0 (pass_len);
 	memcpy (plain_pass, pass, strlen(pass));
 	out_ptr = (char*)encrypted_pass;
 	in_ptr = (char*)plain_pass;
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ encode_sasl_pass_blowfish (char *user, char *pass, char *data)
 
 	/* Create response */
 	length = 2 + BN_num_bytes (dh->pub_key) + pass_len + user_len + 1;
-	response = (char*)malloc (length);
+	response = g_malloc0 (length);
 	out_ptr = response;
 
 	/* our key */
@@ -1623,11 +1623,12 @@ encode_sasl_pass_blowfish (char *user, char *pass, char *data)
 	
 	ret = g_base64_encode ((const guchar*)response, length);
 
-	DH_free (dh);
-	free (plain_pass);
-	free (encrypted_pass);
-	free (secret);
-	free (response);
+	g_free (response);
+
+	DH_free(dh);
+	g_free (plain_pass);
+	g_free (encrypted_pass);
+	g_free (secret);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1653,10 +1654,8 @@ encode_sasl_pass_aes (char *user, char *pass, char *data)
 	if (!parse_dh (data, &dh, &secret, &key_size))
 		return NULL;
 
-	encrypted_userpass = (guchar*)malloc (userpass_len);
-	memset (encrypted_userpass, 0, userpass_len);
-	plain_userpass = (guchar*)malloc (userpass_len);
-	memset (plain_userpass, 0, userpass_len);
+	encrypted_userpass = g_malloc0 (userpass_len);
+	plain_userpass = g_malloc0 (userpass_len);
 
 	/* create message */
 	/* format of: <username>\0<password>\0<padding> */
@@ -1687,7 +1686,7 @@ encode_sasl_pass_aes (char *user, char *pass, char *data)
 	/* Create response */
 	/* format of:  <size pubkey><pubkey><iv (always 16 bytes)><ciphertext> */
 	length = 2 + key_size + sizeof(iv) + userpass_len;
-	response = (char*)malloc (length);
+	response = g_malloc (length);
 	out_ptr = response;
 
 	/* our key */
@@ -1708,11 +1707,10 @@ encode_sasl_pass_aes (char *user, char *pass, char *data)
 
 end:
 	DH_free (dh);
-	free (plain_userpass);
-	free (encrypted_userpass);
-	free (secret);
-	if (response)
-		free (response);
+	g_free (plain_userpass);
+	g_free (encrypted_userpass);
+	g_free (secret);
+	g_free (response);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/dirent/dirent-win32.h b/src/dirent/dirent-win32.h
index cf3fe567..d1954c6b 100644
--- a/src/dirent/dirent-win32.h
+++ b/src/dirent/dirent-win32.h
@@ -198,13 +198,13 @@
  * only defined for compatibility.  These macros should always return false
  * on Windows.
  */
-#define	S_ISFIFO(mode) (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFIFO)
-#define	S_ISDIR(mode)  (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
-#define	S_ISREG(mode)  (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG)
-#define	S_ISLNK(mode)  (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK)
-#define	S_ISSOCK(mode) (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFSOCK)
-#define	S_ISCHR(mode)  (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFCHR)
-#define	S_ISBLK(mode)  (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFBLK)
+#define S_ISFIFO(mode) (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFIFO)
+#define S_ISDIR(mode)  (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
+#define S_ISREG(mode)  (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG)
+#define S_ISLNK(mode)  (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK)
+#define S_ISSOCK(mode) (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFSOCK)
+#define S_ISCHR(mode)  (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFCHR)
+#define S_ISBLK(mode)  (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFBLK)
 
 /* Return the exact length of d_namlen without zero terminator */
 #define _D_EXACT_NAMLEN(p) ((p)->d_namlen)
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ _wopendir(
 {
     _WDIR *dirp = NULL;
     int error;
+    DWORD n;
 
     /* Must have directory name */
     if (dirname == NULL  ||  dirname[0] == '\0') {
@@ -313,73 +314,58 @@ _wopendir(
     }
 
     /* Allocate new _WDIR structure */
-    dirp = (_WDIR*) malloc (sizeof (struct _WDIR));
-    if (dirp != NULL) {
-        DWORD n;
-
-        /* Reset _WDIR structure */
-        dirp->handle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
-        dirp->patt = NULL;
-        dirp->cached = 0;
-
-        /* Compute the length of full path plus zero terminator */
-        n = GetFullPathNameW (dirname, 0, NULL, NULL);
-
-        /* Allocate room for absolute directory name and search pattern */
-        dirp->patt = (wchar_t*) malloc (sizeof (wchar_t) * n + 16);
-        if (dirp->patt) {
-
-            /*
-             * Convert relative directory name to an absolute one.  This
-             * allows rewinddir() to function correctly even when current
-             * working directory is changed between opendir() and rewinddir().
-             */
-            n = GetFullPathNameW (dirname, n, dirp->patt, NULL);
-            if (n > 0) {
-                wchar_t *p;
-
-                /* Append search pattern \* to the directory name */
-                p = dirp->patt + n;
-                if (dirp->patt < p) {
-                    switch (p[-1]) {
-                    case '\\':
-                    case '/':
-                    case ':':
-                        /* Directory ends in path separator, e.g. c:\temp\ */
-                        /*NOP*/;
-                        break;
-
-                    default:
-                        /* Directory name doesn't end in path separator */
-                        *p++ = '\\';
-                    }
-                }
-                *p++ = '*';
-                *p = '\0';
-
-                /* Open directory stream and retrieve the first entry */
-                if (dirent_first (dirp)) {
-                    /* Directory stream opened successfully */
-                    error = 0;
-                } else {
-                    /* Cannot retrieve first entry */
-                    error = 1;
-                    dirent_set_errno (ENOENT);
-                }
-
-            } else {
-                /* Cannot retrieve full path name */
-                dirent_set_errno (ENOENT);
-                error = 1;
+    dirp = (_WDIR*) g_new (struct _WDIR, 1);
+    /* Reset _WDIR structure */
+    dirp->handle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+    dirp->patt = NULL;
+    dirp->cached = 0;
+
+    /* Compute the length of full path plus zero terminator */
+    n = GetFullPathNameW (dirname, 0, NULL, NULL);
+
+    /* Allocate room for absolute directory name and search pattern */
+    dirp->patt = g_malloc (sizeof (wchar_t) * n + 16);
+    /*
+    * Convert relative directory name to an absolute one.  This
+    * allows rewinddir() to function correctly even when current
+    * working directory is changed between opendir() and rewinddir().
+    */
+    n = GetFullPathNameW (dirname, n, dirp->patt, NULL);
+    if (n > 0) {
+        wchar_t *p;
+
+        /* Append search pattern \* to the directory name */
+        p = dirp->patt + n;
+        if (dirp->patt < p) {
+            switch (p[-1]) {
+            case '\\':
+            case '/':
+            case ':':
+                /* Directory ends in path separator, e.g. c:\temp\ */
+                /*NOP*/;
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                /* Directory name doesn't end in path separator */
+                *p++ = '\\';
             }
+        }
+        *p++ = '*';
+        *p = '\0';
 
+        /* Open directory stream and retrieve the first entry */
+        if (dirent_first (dirp)) {
+            /* Directory stream opened successfully */
+            error = 0;
         } else {
-            /* Cannot allocate memory for search pattern */
+            /* Cannot retrieve first entry */
             error = 1;
+            dirent_set_errno (ENOENT);
         }
 
     } else {
-        /* Cannot allocate _WDIR structure */
+        /* Cannot retrieve full path name */
+        dirent_set_errno (ENOENT);
         error = 1;
     }
 
@@ -472,13 +458,11 @@ _wclosedir(
         }
 
         /* Release search pattern */
-        if (dirp->patt) {
-            free (dirp->patt);
-            dirp->patt = NULL;
-        }
+        g_free (dirp->patt);
+        dirp->patt = NULL;
 
         /* Release directory structure */
-        free (dirp);
+        g_free (dirp);
         ok = /*success*/0;
 
     } else {
@@ -579,6 +563,8 @@ opendir(
 {
     struct DIR *dirp;
     int error;
+    wchar_t wname[PATH_MAX + 1];
+    size_t n;
 
     /* Must have directory name */
     if (dirname == NULL  ||  dirname[0] == '\0') {
@@ -587,44 +573,36 @@ opendir(
     }
 
     /* Allocate memory for DIR structure */
-    dirp = (DIR*) malloc (sizeof (struct DIR));
-    if (dirp) {
-        wchar_t wname[PATH_MAX + 1];
-        size_t n;
-
-        /* Convert directory name to wide-character string */
-        error = dirent_mbstowcs_s(
-            &n, wname, PATH_MAX + 1, dirname, PATH_MAX);
-        if (!error) {
-
-            /* Open directory stream using wide-character name */
-            dirp->wdirp = _wopendir (wname);
-            if (dirp->wdirp) {
-                /* Directory stream opened */
-                error = 0;
-            } else {
-                /* Failed to open directory stream */
-                error = 1;
-            }
-
+    dirp = (DIR*) g_new (struct DIR, 1);
+
+    /* Convert directory name to wide-character string */
+    error = dirent_mbstowcs_s(
+        &n, wname, PATH_MAX + 1, dirname, PATH_MAX);
+    if (!error) {
+
+        /* Open directory stream using wide-character name */
+        dirp->wdirp = _wopendir (wname);
+        if (dirp->wdirp) {
+            /* Directory stream opened */
+            error = 0;
         } else {
-            /* 
-             * Cannot convert file name to wide-character string.  This
-             * occurs if the string contains invalid multi-byte sequences or
-             * the output buffer is too small to contain the resulting
-             * string.
-             */
+            /* Failed to open directory stream */
             error = 1;
         }
 
     } else {
-        /* Cannot allocate DIR structure */
+        /* 
+            * Cannot convert file name to wide-character string.  This
+            * occurs if the string contains invalid multi-byte sequences or
+            * the output buffer is too small to contain the resulting
+            * string.
+            */
         error = 1;
     }
 
     /* Clean up in case of error */
-    if (error  &&  dirp) {
-        free (dirp);
+    if (error != 0) {
+        g_free (dirp);
         dirp = NULL;
     }
 
@@ -733,14 +711,14 @@ closedir(
     DIR *dirp) 
 {
     int ok;
-    if (dirp) {
+    if (dirp != NULL) {
 
         /* Close wide-character directory stream */
         ok = _wclosedir (dirp->wdirp);
         dirp->wdirp = NULL;
 
         /* Release multi-byte character version */
-        free (dirp);
+        g_free (dirp);
 
     } else {
 
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/banlist.c b/src/fe-gtk/banlist.c
index d6f44811..e10aaa67 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/banlist.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/banlist.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ banlist_unban_inner (gpointer none, banlist_info *banl, int mode_num)
 	if (!gtk_tree_model_get_iter_first (model, &iter))
 		return 0;
 
-	masks = g_malloc (sizeof (char *) * banl->line_ct);
+	masks = g_new (char *, banl->line_ct);
 	num_sel = 0;
 	do
 	{
@@ -577,17 +577,17 @@ static void
 banlist_add_selected_cb (GtkTreeModel *model, GtkTreePath *path, GtkTreeIter *iter, gpointer data)
 {
 	GSList **lp = data;
-	GSList *list = NULL;
 	GtkTreeIter *copy;
 
-	if (!lp) return;
-	list = *lp;
-	copy = g_malloc (sizeof (GtkTreeIter));
-	g_return_if_fail (copy != NULL);
+	if (lp == NULL)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	copy = g_new (GtkTreeIter, 1);
 	*copy = *iter;
 
-	list = g_slist_append (list, copy);
-	*(GSList **)data = list;
+	*lp = g_slist_append (*lp, copy);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -786,14 +786,9 @@ banlist_opengui (struct session *sess)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (!sess->res->banlist)
+	if (sess->res->banlist == NULL)
 	{
-		sess->res->banlist = g_malloc0 (sizeof (banlist_info));
-		if (!sess->res->banlist)
-		{
-			fe_message (_("Banlist initialization failed."), FE_MSG_ERROR);
-			return;
-		}
+		sess->res->banlist = g_new0 (banlist_info, 1);
 	}
 	banl = sess->res->banlist;
 	if (banl->window)
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/chanlist.c b/src/fe-gtk/chanlist.c
index f3a2259d..1c10c161 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/chanlist.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/chanlist.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ chanlist_data_free (server *serv)
 			data = rows->data;
 			g_free (data->topic);
 			g_free (data->collation_key);
-			free (data);
+			g_free (data);
 		}
 
 		g_slist_free (serv->gui->chanlist_data_stored_rows);
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ fe_add_chan_list (server *serv, char *chan, char *users, char *topic)
 	int len = strlen (chan) + 1;
 
 	/* we allocate the struct and channel string in one go */
-	next_row = malloc (sizeof (chanlistrow) + len);
+	next_row = g_malloc (sizeof (chanlistrow) + len);
 	memcpy (((char *)next_row) + sizeof (chanlistrow), chan, len);
 	next_row->topic = strip_color (topic, -1, STRIP_ALL);
 	next_row->collation_key = g_utf8_collate_key (chan, len-1);
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/chanview.c b/src/fe-gtk/chanview.c
index 4c50d922..e5556d9f 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/chanview.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/chanview.c
@@ -111,9 +111,8 @@ truncate_tab_name (char *name, int max)
 	if (max > 2 && g_utf8_strlen (name, -1) > max)
 	{
 		/* truncate long channel names */
-		buf = malloc (strlen (name) + 4);
-		strcpy (buf, name);
-		g_utf8_offset_to_pointer (buf, max)[0] = 0;
+		buf = g_malloc (strlen (name) + 4);
+		g_utf8_strncpy (buf, name, max);
 		strcat (buf, "..");
 		return buf;
 	}
@@ -231,7 +230,7 @@ chanview_free_ch (chanview *cv, GtkTreeIter *iter)
 	chan *ch;
 
 	gtk_tree_model_get (GTK_TREE_MODEL (cv->store), iter, COL_CHAN, &ch, -1);
-	free (ch);
+	g_free (ch);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -251,7 +250,7 @@ chanview_destroy (chanview *cv)
 		gtk_widget_destroy (cv->box);
 
 	chanview_destroy_store (cv);
-	free (cv);
+	g_free (cv);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ chanview_new (int type, int trunc_len, gboolean sort, gboolean use_icons,
 {
 	chanview *cv;
 
-	cv = calloc (1, sizeof (chanview));
+	cv = g_new0 (chanview, 1);
 	cv->store = gtk_tree_store_new (4, G_TYPE_STRING, G_TYPE_POINTER,
 											  PANGO_TYPE_ATTR_LIST, GDK_TYPE_PIXBUF);
 	cv->style = style;
@@ -368,7 +367,7 @@ chanview_add_real (chanview *cv, char *name, void *family, void *userdata,
 
 	if (!ch)
 	{
-		ch = calloc (1, sizeof (chan));
+		ch = g_new0 (chan, 1);
 		ch->userdata = userdata;
 		ch->family = family;
 		ch->cv = cv;
@@ -401,7 +400,7 @@ chanview_add (chanview *cv, char *name, void *family, void *userdata, gboolean a
 	ret = chanview_add_real (cv, new_name, family, userdata, allow_closure, tag, icon, NULL, NULL);
 
 	if (new_name != name)
-		free (new_name);
+		g_free (new_name);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -492,7 +491,7 @@ chan_rename (chan *ch, char *name, int trunc_len)
 	ch->cv->trunc_len = trunc_len;
 
 	if (new_name != name)
-		free (new_name);
+		g_free (new_name);
 }
 
 /* this thing is overly complicated */
@@ -645,7 +644,7 @@ chan_remove (chan *ch, gboolean force)
 
 	ch->cv->size--;
 	gtk_tree_store_remove (ch->cv->store, &ch->iter);
-	free (ch);
+	g_free (ch);
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/custom-list.c b/src/fe-gtk/custom-list.c
index 485a9905..f1241947 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/custom-list.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/custom-list.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ custom_list_resort (CustomList * custom_list)
 							 custom_list);
 
 	/* let other objects know about the new order */
-	neworder = malloc (sizeof (gint) * custom_list->num_rows);
+	neworder = g_new (gint, custom_list->num_rows);
 
 	for (i = custom_list->num_rows - 1; i >= 0; i--)
 	{
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ custom_list_resort (CustomList * custom_list)
 	gtk_tree_model_rows_reordered (GTK_TREE_MODEL (custom_list), path, NULL,
 											 neworder);
 	gtk_tree_path_free (path);
-	free (neworder);
+	g_free (neworder);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/dccgui.c b/src/fe-gtk/dccgui.c
index 9f5226bc..27365af4 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/dccgui.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/dccgui.c
@@ -130,25 +130,25 @@ dcc_send_filereq_file (struct my_dcc_send *mdc, char *file)
 		dcc_send (mdc->sess, mdc->nick, file, mdc->maxcps, mdc->passive);
 	else
 	{
-		free (mdc->nick);
-		free (mdc);
+		g_free (mdc->nick);
+		g_free (mdc);
 	}
 }
 
 void
 fe_dcc_send_filereq (struct session *sess, char *nick, int maxcps, int passive)
 {
-	char tbuf[128];
-	struct my_dcc_send *mdc;
-	
-	mdc = malloc (sizeof (*mdc));
+	char* tbuf = g_strdup_printf (_("Send file to %s"), nick);
+
+	struct my_dcc_send *mdc = g_new (struct my_dcc_send, 1);
 	mdc->sess = sess;
-	mdc->nick = strdup (nick);
+	mdc->nick = g_strdup (nick);
 	mdc->maxcps = maxcps;
 	mdc->passive = passive;
 
-	snprintf (tbuf, sizeof tbuf, _("Send file to %s"), nick);
 	gtkutil_file_req (tbuf, dcc_send_filereq_file, mdc, prefs.hex_dcc_dir, NULL, FRF_MULTIPLE|FRF_FILTERISINITIAL);
+
+	g_free (tbuf);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c b/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c
index e180d46b..64382d68 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ fe_args (int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* cuts can. So we have to set the current dir manually, to the path  */
 	/* of the exe. */
 	{
-		char *tmp = strdup (argv[0]);
+		char *tmp = g_strdup (argv[0]);
 		char *sl;
 
 		sl = strrchr (tmp, G_DIR_SEPARATOR);
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ fe_args (int argc, char *argv[])
 			*sl = 0;
 			chdir (tmp);
 		}
-		free (tmp);
+		g_free (tmp);
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -424,8 +424,7 @@ fe_new_window (session *sess, int focus)
 void
 fe_new_server (struct server *serv)
 {
-	serv->gui = malloc (sizeof (struct server_gui));
-	memset (serv->gui, 0, sizeof (struct server_gui));
+	serv->gui = g_new0 (struct server_gui, 1);
 }
 
 void
@@ -510,18 +509,15 @@ fe_set_topic (session *sess, char *topic, char *stripped_topic)
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		if (sess->res->topic_text)
-		{
-			free (sess->res->topic_text);
-		}
+		g_free (sess->res->topic_text);
 
 		if (prefs.hex_text_stripcolor_topic)
 		{
-			sess->res->topic_text = strdup (stripped_topic);
+			sess->res->topic_text = g_strdup (stripped_topic);
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			sess->res->topic_text = strdup (topic);
+			sess->res->topic_text = g_strdup (topic);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -547,9 +543,8 @@ fe_update_mode_entry (session *sess, GtkWidget *entry, char **text, char *new_te
 	{
 		if (sess->gui->is_tab)
 		{
-			if (*text)
-				free (*text);
-			*text = strdup (new_text);
+			g_free (*text);
+			*text = g_strdup (new_text);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -721,7 +716,7 @@ fe_lastlog (session *sess, session *lastlog_sess, char *sstr, gtk_xtext_search_f
 		lbuf->search_lnee = strlen (lbuf->search_nee);
 	}
 	lbuf->search_flags = flags;
-	lbuf->search_text = strdup (sstr);
+	lbuf->search_text = g_strdup (sstr);
 	gtk_xtext_lastlog (lbuf, buf);
 }
 
@@ -761,9 +756,8 @@ fe_set_lag (server *serv, long lag)
 		sess = list->data;
 		if (sess->server == serv)
 		{
-			if (sess->res->lag_tip)
-				free (sess->res->lag_tip);
-			sess->res->lag_tip = strdup (lagtip);
+			g_free (sess->res->lag_tip);
+			sess->res->lag_tip = g_strdup (lagtip);
 
 			if (!sess->gui->is_tab || current_tab == sess)
 			{
@@ -777,9 +771,8 @@ fe_set_lag (server *serv, long lag)
 			} else
 			{
 				sess->res->lag_value = per;
-				if (sess->res->lag_text)
-					free (sess->res->lag_text);
-				sess->res->lag_text = strdup (lagtext);
+				g_free (sess->res->lag_text);
+				sess->res->lag_text = g_strdup (lagtext);
 			}
 		}
 		list = list->next;
@@ -807,9 +800,8 @@ fe_set_throttle (server *serv)
 			snprintf (tbuf, sizeof (tbuf) - 1, _("%d bytes"), serv->sendq_len);
 			snprintf (tip, sizeof (tip) - 1, _("Network send queue: %d bytes"), serv->sendq_len);
 
-			if (sess->res->queue_tip)
-				free (sess->res->queue_tip);
-			sess->res->queue_tip = strdup (tip);
+			g_free (sess->res->queue_tip);
+			sess->res->queue_tip = g_strdup (tip);
 
 			if (!sess->gui->is_tab || current_tab == sess)
 			{
@@ -823,9 +815,8 @@ fe_set_throttle (server *serv)
 			} else
 			{
 				sess->res->queue_value = per;
-				if (sess->res->queue_text)
-					free (sess->res->queue_text);
-				sess->res->queue_text = strdup (tbuf);
+				g_free (sess->res->queue_text);
+				sess->res->queue_text = g_strdup (tbuf);
 			}
 		}
 		list = list->next;
@@ -977,9 +968,8 @@ fe_set_inputbox_contents (session *sess, char *text)
 		SPELL_ENTRY_SET_TEXT (sess->gui->input_box, text);
 	} else
 	{
-		if (sess->res->input_text)
-			free (sess->res->input_text);
-		sess->res->input_text = strdup (text);
+		g_free (sess->res->input_text);
+		sess->res->input_text = g_strdup (text);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/fkeys.c b/src/fe-gtk/fkeys.c
index 3c8745e7..66c98018 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/fkeys.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/fkeys.c
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ key_dialog_save (GtkWidget *wid, gpointer userdata)
 	{
 		do
 		{
-			kb = (struct key_binding *) g_malloc0 (sizeof (struct key_binding));
+			kb = g_new0 (struct key_binding, 1);
 
 			gtk_tree_model_get (GTK_TREE_MODEL (store), &iter, ACCEL_COLUMN, &accel,
 															ACTION_COLUMN, &actiontext,
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ key_load_kbs (void)
 	fd = hexchat_open_file ("keybindings.conf", O_RDONLY, 0, 0);
 	if (fd < 0)
 	{
-		ibuf = strdup (default_kb_cfg);
+		ibuf = g_strdup (default_kb_cfg);
 		size = strlen (default_kb_cfg);
 	}
 	else
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ key_load_kbs (void)
 			return 1;
 		}
 
-		ibuf = malloc (st.st_size);
+		ibuf = g_malloc(st.st_size);
 		read (fd, ibuf, st.st_size);
 		size = st.st_size;
 		close (fd);
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ key_load_kbs (void)
 		switch (state)
 		{
 		case KBSTATE_MOD:
-			kb = (struct key_binding *) g_malloc0 (sizeof (struct key_binding));
+			kb = g_new0 (struct key_binding, 1);
 
 			/* New format */
 			if (strncmp (buf, "ACCEL=", 6) == 0)
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ key_load_kbs (void)
 			keyval = gdk_keyval_from_name (buf);
 			if (keyval == 0)
 			{
-				free (ibuf);
+				g_free (ibuf);
 				return 2;
 			}
 
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ key_load_kbs (void)
 
 			if (kb->action == KEY_MAX_ACTIONS + 1)
 			{
-				free (ibuf);
+				g_free (ibuf);
 				return 3;
 			}
 
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ key_load_kbs (void)
 
 			if (buf[0] != 'D')
 			{
-				free (ibuf);
+				g_free (ibuf);
 				return 4;
 			}
 
@@ -1068,12 +1068,10 @@ key_load_kbs (void)
 				len -= 3;
 				if (state == KBSTATE_DT1)
 				{
-					kb->data1 = g_malloc (len);
-					memcpy (kb->data1, &buf[3], len);
+					kb->data1 = g_strndup (&buf[3], len);
 				} else
 				{
-					kb->data2 = g_malloc (len);
-					memcpy (kb->data2, &buf[3], len);
+					kb->data2 = g_strndup (&buf[3], len);
 				}
 			} else if (buf[2] == '!')
 			{
@@ -1096,12 +1094,12 @@ key_load_kbs (void)
 			continue;
 		}
 	}
-	free (ibuf);
+	g_free (ibuf);
 	return 0;
 
 corrupt_file:
-	free (ibuf);
-	free (kb);
+	g_free (ibuf);
+	g_free (kb);
 	return 5;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/gtkutil.c b/src/fe-gtk/gtkutil.c
index eabe9c75..e2ca1192 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/gtkutil.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/gtkutil.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static void
 gtkutil_file_req_destroy (GtkWidget * wid, struct file_req *freq)
 {
 	freq->callback (freq->userdata, NULL);
-	free (freq);
+	g_free (freq);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ gtkutil_file_req (const char *title, void *callback, void *userdata, char *filte
 
 	gtk_file_chooser_add_shortcut_folder (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (dialog), get_xdir (), NULL);
 
-	freq = malloc (sizeof (struct file_req));
+	freq = g_new (struct file_req, 1);
 	freq->dialog = dialog;
 	freq->flags = flags;
 	freq->callback = callback;
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/maingui.c b/src/fe-gtk/maingui.c
index 5edd4ee8..54132681 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/maingui.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/maingui.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ mg_inputbox_cb (GtkWidget *igad, session_gui *gui)
 	if (cmd[0] == 0)
 		return;
 
-	cmd = strdup (cmd);
+	cmd = g_strdup (cmd);
 
 	/* avoid recursive loop */
 	ignore = TRUE;
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ mg_inputbox_cb (GtkWidget *igad, session_gui *gui)
 	if (sess)
 		handle_multiline (sess, cmd, TRUE, FALSE);
 
-	free (cmd);
+	g_free (cmd);
 }
 
 static gboolean
@@ -609,14 +609,14 @@ mg_unpopulate (session *sess)
 	gui = sess->gui;
 	res = sess->res;
 
-	res->input_text = strdup (SPELL_ENTRY_GET_TEXT (gui->input_box));
-	res->topic_text = strdup (gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY (gui->topic_entry)));
-	res->limit_text = strdup (gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY (gui->limit_entry)));
-	res->key_text = strdup (gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY (gui->key_entry)));
+	res->input_text = g_strdup (SPELL_ENTRY_GET_TEXT (gui->input_box));
+	res->topic_text = g_strdup (gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY (gui->topic_entry)));
+	res->limit_text = g_strdup (gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY (gui->limit_entry)));
+	res->key_text = g_strdup (gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY (gui->key_entry)));
 	if (gui->laginfo)
-		res->lag_text = strdup (gtk_label_get_text (GTK_LABEL (gui->laginfo)));
+		res->lag_text = g_strdup (gtk_label_get_text (GTK_LABEL (gui->laginfo)));
 	if (gui->throttleinfo)
-		res->queue_text = strdup (gtk_label_get_text (GTK_LABEL (gui->throttleinfo)));
+		res->queue_text = g_strdup (gtk_label_get_text (GTK_LABEL (gui->throttleinfo)));
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_FLAG_WIDS - 1; i++)
 		res->flag_wid_state[i] = gtk_toggle_button_get_active (GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON (gui->flag_wid[i]));
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ mg_restore_label (GtkWidget *label, char **text)
 	if (*text)
 	{
 		gtk_label_set_text (GTK_LABEL (label), *text);
-		free (*text);
+		g_free (*text);
 		*text = NULL;
 	} else
 	{
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ mg_restore_entry (GtkWidget *entry, char **text)
 	if (*text)
 	{
 		gtk_entry_set_text (GTK_ENTRY (entry), *text);
-		free (*text);
+		g_free (*text);
 		*text = NULL;
 	} else
 	{
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ mg_restore_speller (GtkWidget *entry, char **text)
 	if (*text)
 	{
 		SPELL_ENTRY_SET_TEXT (entry, *text);
-		free (*text);
+		g_free (*text);
 		*text = NULL;
 	} else
 	{
@@ -1331,8 +1331,7 @@ mg_close_gen (chan *ch, GtkWidget *box)
 {
 	char *title = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (box), "title");
 
-	if (title)
-		free (title);
+	g_free (title);
 	if (!ch)
 		ch = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (box), "ch");
 	if (ch)
@@ -1640,7 +1639,7 @@ mg_dnd_drop_file (session *sess, char *target, char *uri)
 {
 	char *p, *data, *next, *fname;
 
-	p = data = strdup (uri);
+	p = data = g_strdup (uri);
 	while (*p)
 	{
 		next = strchr (p, '\r');
@@ -1667,7 +1666,7 @@ mg_dnd_drop_file (session *sess, char *target, char *uri)
 		if (*p == '\n')
 			p++;
 	}
-	free (data);
+	g_free (data);
 
 }
 
@@ -1837,7 +1836,7 @@ mg_changui_destroy (session *sess)
 		/* it fixes: Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_colormap_get_screen: */
 		/*           assertion `GDK_IS_COLORMAP (cmap)' failed */
 		ret = sess->gui->window;
-		free (sess->gui);
+		g_free (sess->gui);
 		sess->gui = NULL;
 	}
 	return ret;
@@ -3332,7 +3331,7 @@ mg_add_generic_tab (char *name, char *title, void *family, GtkWidget *box)
 	ch = chanview_add (mg_gui->chanview, name, NULL, box, TRUE, TAG_UTIL, pix_tree_util);
 	chan_set_color (ch, plain_list);
 	/* FIXME: memory leak */
-	g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (box), "title", strdup (title));
+	g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (box), "title", g_strdup (title));
 	g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (box), "ch", ch);
 
 	if (prefs.hex_gui_tab_newtofront)
@@ -3395,7 +3394,7 @@ fe_clear_channel (session *sess)
 	{
 		if (sess->res->topic_text)
 		{
-			free (sess->res->topic_text);
+			g_free (sess->res->topic_text);
 			sess->res->topic_text = NULL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -3508,24 +3507,24 @@ mg_changui_new (session *sess, restore_gui *res, int tab, int focus)
 	session_gui *gui;
 	struct User *user = NULL;
 
-	if (!res)
+	if (res == NULL)
 	{
-		res = malloc (sizeof (restore_gui));
-		memset (res, 0, sizeof (restore_gui));
+		res = g_new0 (restore_gui, 1);
 	}
 
 	sess->res = res;
 
-	if (!sess->server->front_session)
+	if (sess->server->front_session == NULL)
+	{
 		sess->server->front_session = sess;
+	}
 
 	if (!is_channel (sess->server, sess->channel))
 		user = userlist_find_global (sess->server, sess->channel);
 
 	if (!tab)
 	{
-		gui = malloc (sizeof (session_gui));
-		memset (gui, 0, sizeof (session_gui));
+		gui = g_new0 (session_gui, 1);
 		gui->is_tab = FALSE;
 		sess->gui = gui;
 		mg_create_topwindow (sess);
@@ -3631,8 +3630,8 @@ mg_set_title (GtkWidget *vbox, char *title) /* for non-irc tab/window only */
 	old = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (vbox), "title");
 	if (old)
 	{
-		g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (vbox), "title", strdup (title));
-		free (old);
+		g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (vbox), "title", g_strdup (title));
+		g_free (old);
 	} else
 	{
 		gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (vbox), title);
@@ -3650,7 +3649,7 @@ fe_server_callback (server *serv)
 	if (serv->gui->rawlog_window)
 		mg_close_gen (NULL, serv->gui->rawlog_window);
 
-	free (serv->gui);
+	g_free (serv->gui);
 }
 
 /* called when a session is being killed */
@@ -3661,34 +3660,21 @@ fe_session_callback (session *sess)
 	if (sess->res->banlist && sess->res->banlist->window)
 		mg_close_gen (NULL, sess->res->banlist->window);
 
-	if (sess->res->input_text)
-		free (sess->res->input_text);
-
-	if (sess->res->topic_text)
-		free (sess->res->topic_text);
-
-	if (sess->res->limit_text)
-		free (sess->res->limit_text);
-
-	if (sess->res->key_text)
-		free (sess->res->key_text);
-
-	if (sess->res->queue_text)
-		free (sess->res->queue_text);
-	if (sess->res->queue_tip)
-		free (sess->res->queue_tip);
-
-	if (sess->res->lag_text)
-		free (sess->res->lag_text);
-	if (sess->res->lag_tip)
-		free (sess->res->lag_tip);
+	g_free (sess->res->input_text);
+	g_free (sess->res->topic_text);
+	g_free (sess->res->limit_text);
+	g_free (sess->res->key_text);
+	g_free (sess->res->queue_text);
+	g_free (sess->res->queue_tip);
+	g_free (sess->res->lag_text);
+	g_free (sess->res->lag_tip);
 
 	if (sess->gui->bartag)
 		fe_timeout_remove (sess->gui->bartag);
 
 	if (sess->gui != &static_mg_gui)
-		free (sess->gui);
-	free (sess->res);
+		g_free (sess->gui);
+	g_free (sess->res);
 }
 
 /* ===== DRAG AND DROP STUFF ===== */
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/menu.c b/src/fe-gtk/menu.c
index 63607bed..0aa52636 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/menu.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/menu.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ nick_command_parse (session *sess, char *cmd, char *nick, char *allnick)
 
 	/* this can't overflow, since popup->cmd is only 256 */
 	len = strlen (cmd) + strlen (nick) + strlen (allnick) + 512;
-	buf = malloc (len);
+	buf = g_malloc (len);
 
 	auto_insert (buf, len, cmd, 0, 0, allnick, sess->channel, "",
 					 server_get_network (sess->server, TRUE), host,
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ nick_command_parse (session *sess, char *cmd, char *nick, char *allnick)
 
 	nick_command (sess, buf);
 
-	free (buf);
+	g_free (buf);
 }
 
 /* userlist button has been clicked */
@@ -166,11 +166,12 @@ userlist_button_cb (GtkWidget * button, char *cmd)
 	if (sess->type == SESS_DIALOG)
 	{
 		/* fake a selection */
-		nicks = malloc (sizeof (char *) * 2);
+		nicks = g_new (char *, 2);
 		nicks[0] = g_strdup (sess->channel);
 		nicks[1] = NULL;
 		num_sel = 1;
-	} else
+	}
+	else
 	{
 		/* find number of selected rows */
 		nicks = userlist_selection_list (sess->gui->user_tree, &num_sel);
@@ -178,14 +179,13 @@ userlist_button_cb (GtkWidget * button, char *cmd)
 		{
 			nick_command_parse (sess, cmd, "", "");
 
-			if (nicks)
-				free (nicks);
+			g_free (nicks);
 			return;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* create "allnicks" string */
-	allnicks = malloc (((NICKLEN + 1) * num_sel) + 1);
+	allnicks = g_malloc (((NICKLEN + 1) * num_sel) + 1);
 	*allnicks = 0;
 
 	i = 0;
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ userlist_button_cb (GtkWidget * button, char *cmd)
 		g_free (nicks[num_sel]);
 	}
 
-	free (nicks);
-	free (allnicks);
+	g_free (nicks);
+	g_free (allnicks);
 }
 
 /* a popup-menu-item has been selected */
@@ -726,9 +726,8 @@ menu_nickmenu (session *sess, GdkEventButton *event, char *nick, int num_sel)
 	struct User *user;
 	GtkWidget *submenu, *menu = gtk_menu_new ();
 
-	if (str_copy)
-		free (str_copy);
-	str_copy = strdup (nick);
+	g_free (str_copy);
+	str_copy = g_strdup (nick);
 
 	submenu_list = 0;	/* first time through, might not be 0 */
 
@@ -946,20 +945,19 @@ menu_urlmenu (GdkEventButton *event, char *url)
 	GtkWidget *menu;
 	char *tmp, *chop;
 
-	if (str_copy)
-		free (str_copy);
-	str_copy = strdup (url);
+	g_free (str_copy);
+	str_copy = g_strdup (url);
 
 	menu = gtk_menu_new ();
 	/* more than 51 chars? Chop it */
 	if (g_utf8_strlen (str_copy, -1) >= 52)
 	{
-		tmp = strdup (str_copy);
+		tmp = g_strdup (str_copy);
 		chop = g_utf8_offset_to_pointer (tmp, 48);
 		chop[0] = chop[1] = chop[2] = '.';
 		chop[3] = 0;
 		menu_quick_item (0, tmp, menu, XCMENU_SHADED, 0, 0);
-		free (tmp);
+		g_free (tmp);
 	} else
 	{
 		menu_quick_item (0, str_copy, menu, XCMENU_SHADED, 0, 0);
@@ -1024,9 +1022,8 @@ menu_chanmenu (struct session *sess, GdkEventButton * event, char *chan)
 	if (find_channel (sess->server, chan))
 		is_joined = TRUE;
 
-	if (str_copy)
-		free (str_copy);
-	str_copy = strdup (chan);
+	g_free (str_copy);
+	str_copy = g_strdup (chan);
 
 	menu = gtk_menu_new ();
 
@@ -1072,9 +1069,8 @@ menu_addfavoritemenu (server *serv, GtkWidget *menu, char *channel, gboolean ist
 
 	if (channel != str_copy)
 	{
-		if (str_copy)
-			free (str_copy);
-		str_copy = strdup (channel);
+		g_free (str_copy);
+		str_copy = g_strdup (channel);
 	}
 	
 	if (istree)
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/palette.c b/src/fe-gtk/palette.c
index 435ba84b..0e933051 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/palette.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/palette.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ palette_alloc (GtkWidget * widget)
 void
 palette_load (void)
 {
-	int i, j, l, fh;
+	int i, j, fh;
 	char prefname[256];
 	struct stat st;
 	char *cfg;
@@ -116,35 +116,29 @@ palette_load (void)
 	if (fh != -1)
 	{
 		fstat (fh, &st);
-		cfg = malloc (st.st_size + 1);
-		if (cfg)
+		cfg = g_malloc0 (st.st_size + 1);
+		read (fh, cfg, st.st_size);
+
+		/* mIRC colors 0-31 are here */
+		for (i = 0; i < 32; i++)
 		{
-			cfg[0] = '\0';
-			l = read (fh, cfg, st.st_size);
-			if (l >= 0)
-				cfg[l] = '\0';
-
-			/* mIRC colors 0-31 are here */
-			for (i = 0; i < 32; i++)
-			{
-				snprintf (prefname, sizeof prefname, "color_%d", i);
-				cfg_get_color (cfg, prefname, &red, &green, &blue);
-				colors[i].red = red;
-				colors[i].green = green;
-				colors[i].blue = blue;
-			}
-
-			/* our special colors are mapped at 256+ */
-			for (i = 256, j = 32; j < MAX_COL+1; i++, j++)
-			{
-				snprintf (prefname, sizeof prefname, "color_%d", i);
-				cfg_get_color (cfg, prefname, &red, &green, &blue);
-				colors[j].red = red;
-				colors[j].green = green;
-				colors[j].blue = blue;
-			}
-			free (cfg);
+			snprintf (prefname, sizeof prefname, "color_%d", i);
+			cfg_get_color (cfg, prefname, &red, &green, &blue);
+			colors[i].red = red;
+			colors[i].green = green;
+			colors[i].blue = blue;
+		}
+
+		/* our special colors are mapped at 256+ */
+		for (i = 256, j = 32; j < MAX_COL+1; i++, j++)
+		{
+			snprintf (prefname, sizeof prefname, "color_%d", i);
+			cfg_get_color (cfg, prefname, &red, &green, &blue);
+			colors[j].red = red;
+			colors[j].green = green;
+			colors[j].blue = blue;
 		}
+		g_free (cfg);
 		close (fh);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/plugingui.c b/src/fe-gtk/plugingui.c
index 05d697f8..83e05727 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/plugingui.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/plugingui.c
@@ -142,14 +142,14 @@ plugingui_load_cb (session *sess, char *file)
 {
 	if (file)
 	{
-		char *buf = malloc (strlen (file) + 9);
+		char *buf;
 
 		if (strchr (file, ' '))
-			sprintf (buf, "LOAD \"%s\"", file);
+			buf = g_strdup_printf ("LOAD \"%s\"", file);
 		else
-			sprintf (buf, "LOAD %s", file);
+			buf = g_strdup_printf ("LOAD %s", file);
 		handle_command (sess, buf, FALSE);
-		free (buf);
+		g_free (buf);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ plugingui_loadbutton_cb (GtkWidget * wid, gpointer unused)
 static void
 plugingui_unload (GtkWidget * wid, gpointer unused)
 {
-	char *modname, *file, *buf;
+	char *modname, *file;
 	GtkTreeView *view;
 	GtkTreeIter iter;
 	
@@ -186,16 +186,17 @@ plugingui_unload (GtkWidget * wid, gpointer unused)
 	{
 		if (plugin_kill (modname, FALSE) == 2)
 			fe_message (_("That plugin is refusing to unload.\n"), FE_MSG_ERROR);
-	} else
+	}
+	else
 	{
+		char *buf;
 		/* let python.so or perl.so handle it */
-		buf = malloc (strlen (file) + 10);
 		if (strchr (file, ' '))
-			sprintf (buf, "UNLOAD \"%s\"", file);
+			buf = g_strdup_printf ("UNLOAD \"%s\"", file);
 		else
-			sprintf (buf, "UNLOAD %s", file);
+			buf = g_strdup_printf ("UNLOAD %s", file);
 		handle_command (current_sess, buf, FALSE);
-		free (buf);
+		g_free (buf);
 	}
 
 	g_free (modname);
@@ -209,14 +210,14 @@ plugingui_reloadbutton_cb (GtkWidget *wid, GtkTreeView *view)
 
 	if (file)
 	{
-		char *buf = malloc (strlen (file) + 9);
+		char *buf;
 
 		if (strchr (file, ' '))
-			sprintf (buf, "RELOAD \"%s\"", file);
+			buf = g_strdup_printf ("RELOAD \"%s\"", file);
 		else
-			sprintf (buf, "RELOAD %s", file);
+			buf = g_strdup_printf ("RELOAD %s", file);
 		handle_command (current_sess, buf, FALSE);
-		free (buf);
+		g_free (buf);
 		g_free (file);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/servlistgui.c b/src/fe-gtk/servlistgui.c
index 6117899d..2202a6a6 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/servlistgui.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/servlistgui.c
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ servlist_addnet_cb (GtkWidget *item, GtkTreeView *treeview)
 	ircnet *net;
 
 	net = servlist_net_add (_("New Network"), "", TRUE);
-	net->encoding = strdup (IRC_DEFAULT_CHARSET);
+	net->encoding = g_strdup (IRC_DEFAULT_CHARSET);
 	servlist_server_add (net, "newserver/6667");
 
 	store = (GtkListStore *)gtk_tree_view_get_model (treeview);
@@ -668,13 +668,12 @@ servlist_favor (GtkWidget *button, gpointer none)
 static void
 servlist_update_from_entry (char **str, GtkWidget *entry)
 {
-	if (*str)
-		free (*str);
+	g_free (*str);
 
 	if (gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY (entry))[0] == 0)
 		*str = NULL;
 	else
-		*str = strdup (gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY (entry)));
+		*str = g_strdup (gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY (entry)));
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1203,9 +1202,9 @@ servlist_celledit_cb (GtkCellRendererText *cell, gchar *arg1, gchar *arg2,
 		}
 
 		netname = net->name;
-		net->name = strdup (arg2);
+		net->name = g_strdup (arg2);
 		gtk_list_store_set (GTK_LIST_STORE (model), &iter, 0, net->name, -1);
-		free (netname);
+		g_free (netname);
 	}
 
 	gtk_tree_path_free (path);
@@ -1311,7 +1310,7 @@ servlist_sanitize_hostname (char *host)
 {
 	char *ret, *c, *e;
 
-	ret = strdup (host);
+	ret = g_strdup (host);
 
 	c = strchr  (ret, ':');
 	e = strrchr (ret, ':');
@@ -1371,7 +1370,7 @@ servlist_editserver_cb (GtkCellRendererText *cell, gchar *name, gchar *newval, g
 		servname = serv->hostname;
 		serv->hostname = servlist_sanitize_hostname (newval);
 		gtk_list_store_set (GTK_LIST_STORE (model), &iter, 0, serv->hostname, -1);
-		free (servname);
+		g_free (servname);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1409,7 +1408,7 @@ servlist_editcommand_cb (GtkCellRendererText *cell, gchar *name, gchar *newval,
 		cmd = entry->command;
 		entry->command = servlist_sanitize_command (newval);
 		gtk_list_store_set (GTK_LIST_STORE (model), &iter, 0, entry->command, -1);
-		free (cmd);
+		g_free (cmd);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1508,9 +1507,8 @@ servlist_combo_cb (GtkEntry *entry, gpointer userdata)
 	if (!selected_net)
 		return;
 
-	if (selected_net->encoding)
-		free (selected_net->encoding);
-	selected_net->encoding = strdup (gtk_entry_get_text (entry));
+	g_free (selected_net->encoding);
+	selected_net->encoding = g_strdup (gtk_entry_get_text (entry));
 }
 
 /* Fills up the network's authentication type so that it's guaranteed to be either NULL or a valid value. */
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/setup.c b/src/fe-gtk/setup.c
index a517fa82..4e24ca68 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/setup.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/setup.c
@@ -1684,9 +1684,8 @@ setup_snd_changed_cb (GtkEntry *ent, GtkTreeView *tree)
 		return;
 
 	/* get the new sound file */
-	if (sound_files[n])
-		free (sound_files[n]);
-	sound_files[n] = strdup (gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY (ent)));
+	g_free (sound_files[n]);
+	sound_files[n] = g_strdup (gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY (ent)));
 
 	/* update the TreeView list */
 	store = (GtkListStore *)gtk_tree_view_get_model (tree);
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/sexy-spell-entry.c b/src/fe-gtk/sexy-spell-entry.c
index 0dbca0bc..904746f4 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/sexy-spell-entry.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/sexy-spell-entry.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ insert_hiddenchar (SexySpellEntry *entry, guint start, guint end)
 	 * is 'hidden' */
 #if 0
 	PangoAttribute *hattr;
-	PangoRectangle *rect = g_malloc (sizeof (PangoRectangle));
+	PangoRectangle *rect = g_new (PangoRectangle, 1);
 
 	rect->x = 0;
 	rect->y = 0;
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/textgui.c b/src/fe-gtk/textgui.c
index 556cca0c..b0f2f392 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/textgui.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/textgui.c
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ PrintTextLine (xtext_buffer *xtbuf, unsigned char *text, int len, int indent, ti
 				timet = time (0);
 
 			stamp_size = get_stamp_str (prefs.hex_stamp_text_format, timet, &stamp);
-			new_text = malloc (len + stamp_size + 1);
+			new_text = g_malloc (len + stamp_size + 1);
 			memcpy (new_text, stamp, stamp_size);
 			g_free (stamp);
 			memcpy (new_text + stamp_size, text, len);
 			gtk_xtext_append (xtbuf, new_text, len + stamp_size, timet);
-			free (new_text);
+			g_free (new_text);
 		} else
 			gtk_xtext_append (xtbuf, text, len, timet);
 		return;
@@ -173,13 +173,12 @@ pevent_edited (GtkCellRendererText *render, gchar *pathstr, gchar *new_text, gpo
 	}
 	if (m > (te[sig].num_args & 0x7f))
 	{
-		free (out);
-		out = malloc (4096);
-		snprintf (out, 4096,
-					_("This signal is only passed %d args, $%d is invalid"),
-					te[sig].num_args & 0x7f, m);
+		g_free (out);
+		out = g_strdup_printf (
+			_("This signal is only passed %d args, $%d is invalid"),
+			te[sig].num_args & 0x7f, m);
 		fe_message (out, FE_MSG_WARN);
-		free (out);
+		g_free (out);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -188,23 +187,20 @@ pevent_edited (GtkCellRendererText *render, gchar *pathstr, gchar *new_text, gpo
 	gtk_list_store_set (GTK_LIST_STORE (model), &iter, TEXT_COLUMN, new_text, -1);
 	gtk_tree_path_free (path);
 
-	if (pntevts_text[sig])
-		free (pntevts_text[sig]);
-	if (pntevts[sig])
-		free (pntevts[sig]);
+	g_free (pntevts_text[sig]);
+	g_free (pntevts[sig]);
 
-	pntevts_text[sig] = malloc (len + 1);
-	memcpy (pntevts_text[sig], text, len + 1);
+	pntevts_text[sig] = g_strdup (text);
 	pntevts[sig] = out;
 
-	out = malloc (len + 2);
+	out = g_malloc (len + 2);
 	memcpy (out, text, len + 1);
 	out[len] = '\n';
 	out[len + 1] = 0;
 	check_special_chars (out, TRUE);
 
 	PrintTextRaw (xtext->buffer, out, 0, 0);
-	free (out);
+	g_free (out);
 
 	/* Scroll to bottom */
 	gtk_adjustment_set_value (xtext->adj, gtk_adjustment_get_upper (xtext->adj));
@@ -328,14 +324,14 @@ pevent_test_cb (GtkWidget * wid, GtkWidget * twid)
 		text = _(pntevts_text[n]);
 		len = strlen (text);
 
-		out = malloc (len + 2);
+		out = g_malloc (len + 2);
 		memcpy (out, text, len + 1);
 		out[len] = '\n';
 		out[len + 1] = 0;
 		check_special_chars (out, TRUE);
 
 		PrintTextRaw (GTK_XTEXT (twid)->buffer, out, 0, 0);
-		free (out);
+		g_free (out);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/userlistgui.c b/src/fe-gtk/userlistgui.c
index 19564ece..e587026f 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/userlistgui.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/userlistgui.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ userlist_selection_list (GtkWidget *widget, int *num_ret)
 	if (num_sel < 1)
 		return NULL;
 
-	nicks = malloc (sizeof (char *) * (num_sel + 1));
+	nicks = g_new (char *, num_sel + 1);
 
 	i = 0;
 	gtk_tree_model_get_iter_first (model, &iter);
@@ -348,9 +348,9 @@ fe_userlist_insert (session *sess, struct User *newuser, int row, int sel)
 	nick = newuser->nick;
 	if (!prefs.hex_gui_ulist_icons)
 	{
-		nick = malloc (strlen (newuser->nick) + 2);
+		nick = g_malloc (strlen (newuser->nick) + 2);
 		nick[0] = newuser->prefix[0];
-		if (!nick[0] || nick[0] == ' ')
+		if (nick[0] == '\0' || nick[0] == ' ')
 			strcpy (nick, newuser->nick);
 		else
 			strcpy (nick + 1, newuser->nick);
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ fe_userlist_insert (session *sess, struct User *newuser, int row, int sel)
 
 	if (!prefs.hex_gui_ulist_icons)
 	{
-		free (nick);
+		g_free (nick);
 	}
 
 	/* is it me? */
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ userlist_click_cb (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventButton *event, gpointer userdata)
 				i--;
 				g_free (nicks[i]);
 			}
-			free (nicks);
+			g_free (nicks);
 		}
 		return TRUE;
 	}
@@ -542,13 +542,13 @@ userlist_click_cb (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventButton *event, gpointer userdata)
 				i--;
 				g_free (nicks[i]);
 			}
-			free (nicks);
+			g_free (nicks);
 			return TRUE;
 		}
 		if (nicks)
 		{
 			g_free (nicks[0]);
-			free (nicks);
+			g_free (nicks);
 		}
 
 		sel = gtk_tree_view_get_selection (GTK_TREE_VIEW (widget));
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ userlist_click_cb (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventButton *event, gpointer userdata)
 					i--;
 					g_free (nicks[i]);
 				}
-				free (nicks);
+				g_free (nicks);
 			}
 		} else
 		{
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c b/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
index b2fadba0..57b98cc6 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ gtk_xtext_get_word_adjust (GtkXText *xtext, int x, int y, textentry **word_ent,
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	g_slist_free_full (slp, free);
+	g_slist_free_full (slp, g_free);
 
 	return word_type;
 }
@@ -1857,7 +1857,7 @@ gtk_xtext_set_clip_owner (GtkWidget * xtext, GdkEventButton * event)
 			gtk_selection_owner_set (xtext, GDK_SELECTION_SECONDARY, event ? event->time : GDK_CURRENT_TIME);
 		}
 
-		free (str);
+		g_free (str);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2111,7 +2111,7 @@ gtk_xtext_selection_get_text (GtkXText *xtext, int *len_ret)
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* now allocate mem and copy buffer */
-	pos = txt = malloc (len);
+	pos = txt = g_malloc (len);
 	ent = buf->last_ent_start;
 	while (ent)
 	{
@@ -2151,10 +2151,11 @@ gtk_xtext_selection_get_text (GtkXText *xtext, int *len_ret)
 		/*stripped = gtk_xtext_conv_color (txt, strlen (txt), &len);*/
 		stripped = txt;
 		len = strlen (txt);
-	} else
+	}
+	else
 	{
 		stripped = gtk_xtext_strip_color (txt, strlen (txt), NULL, &len, NULL, FALSE);
-		free (txt);
+		g_free (txt);
 	}
 
 	*len_ret = len;
@@ -2209,7 +2210,7 @@ gtk_xtext_selection_get (GtkWidget * widget,
 		g_free (new_text);
 	}
 
-	free (stripped);
+	g_free (stripped);
 }
 
 static gboolean
@@ -2364,7 +2365,7 @@ xtext_do_chunk(chunk_t *c)
 	if (c->len1 == 0)
 		return;
 
-	meta = malloc (sizeof *meta);
+	meta = g_new (offlen_t, 1);
 	meta->off = c->off1;
 	meta->len = c->len1;
 	meta->emph = c->emph;
@@ -2387,7 +2388,7 @@ gtk_xtext_strip_color (unsigned char *text, int len, unsigned char *outbuf,
 	int mbl;	/* multi-byte length */
 
 	if (outbuf == NULL)
-		new_str = malloc (len + 2);
+		new_str = g_malloc (len + 2);
 	else
 		new_str = outbuf;
 
@@ -2463,7 +2464,7 @@ bad_utf8:		/* Normal ending sequence, and give up if bad utf8 */
 	if (slpp)
 		*slpp = c.slp;
 	else
-		g_slist_free_full (c.slp, free);
+		g_slist_free_full (c.slp, g_free);
 
 	return new_str;
 }
@@ -2479,7 +2480,7 @@ gtk_xtext_text_width_ent (GtkXText *xtext, textentry *ent)
 
 	if (ent->slp)
 	{
-		g_slist_free_full (ent->slp, free);
+		g_slist_free_full (ent->slp, g_free);
 		ent->slp = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -2511,7 +2512,7 @@ gtk_xtext_text_width (GtkXText *xtext, unsigned char *text, int len)
 												&new_len, &slp, !xtext->ignore_hidden);
 
 	width =  backend_get_text_width_slp (xtext, new_buf, slp);
-	g_slist_free_full (slp, free);
+	g_slist_free_full (slp, g_free);
 
 	return width;
 }
@@ -3534,7 +3535,7 @@ gtk_xtext_save (GtkXText * xtext, int fh)
 											  &newlen, NULL, FALSE);
 		write (fh, buf, newlen);
 		write (fh, "\n", 1);
-		free (buf);
+		g_free (buf);
 		ent = ent->next;
 	}
 }
@@ -3899,10 +3900,10 @@ gtk_xtext_kill_ent (xtext_buffer *buffer, textentry *ent)
 		gtk_xtext_search_textentry_del (buffer, ent);
 	}
 
-	g_slist_free_full (ent->slp, free);
+	g_slist_free_full (ent->slp, g_free);
 	g_slist_free (ent->sublines);
 
-	free (ent);
+	g_free (ent);
 	return visible;
 }
 
@@ -4037,7 +4038,7 @@ gtk_xtext_clear (xtext_buffer *buf, int lines)
 		while (buf->text_first)
 		{
 			next = buf->text_first->next;
-			free (buf->text_first);
+			g_free (buf->text_first);
 			buf->text_first = next;
 		}
 		buf->text_last = NULL;
@@ -4214,7 +4215,7 @@ gtk_xtext_search_textentry (xtext_buffer *buf, textentry *ent)
 	}
 
 	/* Common processing --- */
-	g_slist_free_full (slp, free);
+	g_slist_free_full (slp, g_free);
 	return gl;
 }
 
@@ -4643,7 +4644,7 @@ gtk_xtext_append_indent (xtext_buffer *buf,
 	if (right_text[right_len-1] == '\n')
 		right_len--;
 
-	ent = malloc (left_len + right_len + 2 + sizeof (textentry));
+	ent = g_malloc (left_len + right_len + 2 + sizeof (textentry));
 	str = (unsigned char *) ent + sizeof (textentry);
 
 	memcpy (str, left_text, left_len);
@@ -4698,7 +4699,7 @@ gtk_xtext_append (xtext_buffer *buf, unsigned char *text, int len, time_t stamp)
 	if (len >= sizeof (buf->xtext->scratch_buffer))
 		len = sizeof (buf->xtext->scratch_buffer) - 1;
 
-	ent = malloc (len + 1 + sizeof (textentry));
+	ent = g_malloc (len + 1 + sizeof (textentry));
 	ent->str = (unsigned char *) ent + sizeof (textentry);
 	ent->str_len = len;
 	if (len)
@@ -4963,8 +4964,7 @@ gtk_xtext_buffer_new (GtkXText *xtext)
 {
 	xtext_buffer *buf;
 
-	buf = malloc (sizeof (xtext_buffer));
-	memset (buf, 0, sizeof (xtext_buffer));
+	buf = g_new0 (xtext_buffer, 1);
 	buf->old_value = -1;
 	buf->xtext = xtext;
 	buf->scrollbar_down = TRUE;
@@ -4994,9 +4994,9 @@ gtk_xtext_buffer_free (xtext_buffer *buf)
 	while (ent)
 	{
 		next = ent->next;
-		free (ent);
+		g_free (ent);
 		ent = next;
 	}
 
-	free (buf);
+	g_free (buf);
 }
diff --git a/src/fe-text/fe-text.c b/src/fe-text/fe-text.c
index 8ddefeea..bf96f649 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/fe-text.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/fe-text.c
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ fe_new_window (struct session *sess, int focus)
 {
 	char buf[512];
 
-	sess->gui = malloc (4);
 	current_sess = sess;
 
 	if (!sess->server->front_session)
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ timecat (char *buf, time_t stamp)
 
 /* Windows doesn't handle ANSI codes in cmd.exe, need to not display them */
 #ifndef WIN32
-/*                       0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7   8   9   10 11  12  13  14 15 */
+/*                               0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14 15 */
 static const short colconv[] = { 0, 7, 4, 2, 1, 3, 5, 11, 13, 12, 6, 16, 14, 15, 10, 7 };
 
 void
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ fe_print_text (struct session *sess, char *text, time_t stamp,
 	char num[8];
 	int reverse = 0, under = 0, bold = 0,
 		comma, k, i = 0, j = 0, len = strlen (text);
-	unsigned char *newtext = malloc (len + 1024);
+	unsigned char *newtext = g_malloc (len + 1024);
 
 	if (prefs.hex_stamp_text)
 	{
@@ -308,7 +307,7 @@ fe_print_text (struct session *sess, char *text, time_t stamp,
 
 	newtext[j] = 0;
 	write (STDOUT_FILENO, newtext, j);
-	free (newtext);
+	g_free (newtext);
 }
 #else
 /* The win32 version for cmd.exe */
@@ -319,7 +318,7 @@ fe_print_text (struct session *sess, char *text, time_t stamp,
 	int dotime = FALSE;
 	int comma, k, i = 0, j = 0, len = strlen (text);
 
-	unsigned char *newtext = malloc (len + 1024);
+	unsigned char *newtext = g_malloc (len + 1024);
 
 	if (prefs.hex_stamp_text)
 	{
@@ -403,7 +402,7 @@ fe_print_text (struct session *sess, char *text, time_t stamp,
 
 	newtext[j] = 0;
 	write (STDOUT_FILENO, newtext, j);
-	free (newtext);
+	g_free (newtext);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -508,14 +507,14 @@ fe_args (int argc, char *argv[])
 	{
 #ifdef WIN32
 		/* see the chdir() below */
-		char *sl, *exe = strdup (argv[0]);
+		char *sl, *exe = g_strdup (argv[0]);
 		sl = strrchr (exe, '\\');
 		if (sl)
 		{
 			*sl = 0;
 			printf ("%s\\plugins\n", exe);
 		}
-		free (exe);
+		g_free (exe);
 #else
 		printf ("%s\n", HEXCHATLIBDIR);
 #endif
@@ -582,7 +581,6 @@ fe_exit (void)
 void
 fe_new_server (struct server *serv)
 {
-	serv->gui = malloc (4);
 }
 
 void