true garbage

["perkere stinker" <doe_i_sorte_skodder () hotmail com>]

excuse me. this sucks.

a link/ meta refresh/ body.onload javascript pointing to ms-its: (in 
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Handler near its: (same classid same thing) 
repeated 37 times and ending with a .(a dot yes, since the protocol needs 
something to open.) (seem familiar?) will crash the program calling it with 
a fault in urlmon.dll, sometimes kernel32.dll.

no need to contact ms since its not critical from their viewpoint, bugs are 
unimportant to them (they told me, really) - only full-scale exploits 
matter. Just crashing their widely used software isn't enough. The its: 
crash is quite old, but still works (which just supports my statement, ms 
doesn't care.) Crashes IE5.x / outlook express / outlook,also my computer 
tends to really suck after a few crashes. I suppose it has something to do 
with the version of urlmon.dll, i have version 5.50.4522.1800, oddly enough 
the same version number as my outlook express. As a side note, check the 
version of the dll file, mine says 'Microsoft(R) Windows (R) 2000 Operating 
System' as value for 'product name'.. i use win98se.

People with urlmon.dll ver. 5.50.4701.2400 might experience different 
behaviour, i had 2 ppl test it (reg0018 and hund), both with that dll 
version(which differs from their OE ver.), and their browsers simply exited 
without warning.

I suppose it's not a big problem, it just sucks if you have your preview 
pane on. My outlook(not express) didn't 'hide' the last email i viewed, so i 
had to start the program a few times while pounding the 'up' arrow at first 
and then moving in for a swift left-click - delete blow. I know ludo.

besides,
something related to outlook express 5.5, make some html similar to
<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="0;URL=mailto:[buf]";> (where [buf] is 
appx. 2000 chars) or just <a href=mailto:[buf]>blabla</a> - it will display 
an error box stating 'could not perform this operation because the default 
mail client is not properly installed'. Or stick it in an <iframe 
src=mailto:[buf]> in some html email.

you should also try the above things with 
news:blablabla@loadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphere 
instead of mailto:[buf] - Displays another pretty error about not being able 
to start outlook express, and to check if disks are full or if you're out of 
memory. directions to contact ms support, and an error code as 
well,0x80004005 ... cool with javascript like


<script>
var pik;
var temp;
function test(temp) {
pik = temp * 100
setTimeout("window.location.href='news:blablabla@loadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphere'",pik);
}
for (i=0;i<50;i++) {
 test(i);
}
</script>

results vary with protocol, and varies also depending on how many times you 
let the while loop run. 1000 crashes iexplore.exe a lot of times, stating 
'the instruction at 0x00000000 referenced memory at 0x000000. the memory 
could not be "read"'. 10000 is too many, the mail windows never appear, 
iexplore just hangs.

OE 5.5 complains about not being able to load msoe.dll and a lot more crap.
Also killed all instances of mozilla 0.9.2

pizza. yum.

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