Re: Internet Explorer 6 DoS Bug

[Nik Reiman <nik () aboleo net>]

Confirmed on Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1, with IE 
version 6.0.2800.1106.  IE froze; no reboot necessary.

-Nik
(thx to potato)

On Monday, July 7, 2003, at 01:36  PM, madsaxon wrote:

> At 10:27 AM 7/7/03 -0700, Blue Boar wrote:
>
> > fabian.becker2 () epost de wrote:
> > > If you enter C:\aux in the adressline of the IE (not EXPLORER, 
> > > InternetExplorer)
> > > and hit enter, the window will freeze.
>
> > Cannot reproduce your results, at least not for my definition of 
> > "freeze".  Tested on WinXP Pro with all patches and IE updates 
> > provided by Windows Update.  IE simply displays a blank page.  CPU is 
> > not pegged, IE functions notrmally (I can open another page from 
> > there, for example.)
>
> Ditto for me.  XP Home, SP 1, IE 6.0.2800.1106. Just displays
> normal "Cannot find server or DNS Error" page.  No CPU load or
> other apparent effect.
>
> m5x
>
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