RE: Internet Explorer 6 DoS Bug

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

No problem on my XP system with IE6.  This is actually a very old bug
from ~1996 that affected Win95/98/Me.  I don’t think that the NT code
base every had this problem, so it shouldn’t be present in XP.

Richard

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Hi,
I found a bug in IE6 ón Windows XP with all Service Packs and Patches
installed:
If you enter C:\aux in the adressline of the IE (not EXPLORER,
InternetExplorer)
and hit enter, the window will freeze. This bug is simmilar to
C:\con\con
but not as dagerous. But its the same reason, naimly that windows trys
to
open aux, a hardware device in earlier windows versions.
I already sended an email to Microsoft but they said the bug wouldn't
exist.

Bye

Fabian Becker (www.neonomicus.ionichost.com)
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