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@loadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphere
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@loadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphereloadsofcraphere'",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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