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Explorer crashes when it sees this .lnk file

From: bootup () MAIL RU (Parity Error)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:47:17 +0400


Hi all,

Explorer crashes when it "sees" this .lnk file in a directory. Looks like some
decoding code for .lnk files crashes when it sees this. The code
seems to be in a shared dll. U cannot edit this file using any windows based
hex editor. All apps crash when they see this. This may be exploitable, ....

<HR NOSHADE>
<UL>
<LI>application/octet-stream attachment: check.lnk
</UL>

Current thread:

Re: spoofing the ethernet address (license managers) Michael Wojcik (Mar 27)
- Re: spoofing the ethernet address (license managers) Forrest W. Christian (Mar 27)
  - Re: spoofing the ethernet address (license managers) Eric Sherrill (Mar 29)
    - Re: spoofing the ethernet address (license managers) Forrest W. Christian (Mar 29)
- Explorer crashes when it sees this .lnk file Parity Error (Mar 28)
  - Re: Explorer crashes when it sees this .lnk file Vladimir Dubrovin (Mar 29)
  - Re: Explorer crashes when it sees this .lnk file Mike Furr (Mar 29)
  - TCP Sequence Prediction Dean Michael Dorman (Mar 29)
    - Re: TCP Sequence Prediction H D Moore (Mar 29)
    - Re: TCP Sequence Prediction Seth R Arnold (Mar 29)
    - Re: TCP Sequence Prediction Vladimir Dubrovin (Mar 30)
    - Re: TCP Sequence Prediction Maxime Rousseau (Mar 30)
    - Re: TCP Sequence Prediction Paul Taylor (Mar 30)
  - Re: Explorer crashes when it sees this .lnk file AnorEXia (Mar 30)
    - Re: Explorer crashes when it sees this .lnk file Vladimir Dubrovin (Mar 30)

(Thread continues...)