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As the geeks on slashdot are gleefully discussing someone has found a ludicrously simple way to construct a malicious HTML page, or even link, which crashes Internet Explorer.

Date: 2003-05-04 10:36 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pickledginger.livejournal.com
That *does* sound like fun. Though I'll have to check the link another time, when I've a non-MS browser to hand.

Date: 2003-05-05 02:53 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blufive.livejournal.com
Here we go:

<html><form><input type></form></html>

There are even shorter variants, and it doesn't just kill IE, it kills anything using the MS HTML libraries (Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Explorer, and no doubt a few more too)

Date: 2003-05-05 21:09 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pickledginger.livejournal.com
That's it??
Wow.
O, IE of little troubleshooting!

Date: 2003-05-04 15:22 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karmicnull.livejournal.com
Tried it. It works. It turns out to be just one line. Smart!

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