Re: crashes
From: Kat <gertie at PELL.NET>
>A while back people asked about javascript taking control of your puter,
>this url came up on another listserv:
>www.crashme.com
>Without all patches to protect from this sort of thing, it will cause you to
>need to shut off the puter to regain control.
Well, I'm not even gonna try it. :) But awhile back I found out how easy it
is to screw things up with a single line:
BODY onLoad="open( location.href );"
( or something like that )
For those who don't recognize it, that's basically an infinite loop that
grabs system resources and opens a new window on every cycle.
Strangely enough, it didn't crash Windows. IE stopped opening new windows
when it ran out of system resources...but as soon as you close one, another
pops open.
The funny thing was trying to open other programs while there weren't any
resources. Windows would revert to a system or terminal font, then start
trying to use old-fashioned 2D 3.x controls and window styles, then error
messages would start popping up in foreign languages.
Don't recall whether I was able to kill it without rebooting... In a case
like that it's probably best to reboot anyway.
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