Re: How INSTANTLY CRASH XP

From: Dave Feustel (dfeustel@mindspring.com)
Date: 06/06/02 

From: "Dave Feustel" <dfeustel@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 06:40:31 -0500

"kk7gw" <kk7gw@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:aa9401c20cff$c9bff6f0$36ef2ecf@tkmsftngxa12...
> Glad to hear it. What happens when you uninstall Zone Alarm completely?

When I uninstall ZA, my system is usually hacked within 10 minutes or so of first connecting
to the internet.

> ZA is known for causing instability.
> The URLs you mention sure don't crash XP for me.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >This bug has nothing to do with timeouts.
> >
> >I found another sequence that also crashes XP.
> >This one occurs at a .doc web page found at
> > http://www.psc.state.al.us/telecomm/webpage3.htm
> >
> >Right-click on the .doc file there, then click on 'save
> target as',
> >up comes the ZoneAlert that IE is attempting to access
> the internet
> >with a request to permit (yes) or deny(on).
> >Click no.
> >
> >KA-BOOM!
> >
> >Another Blue Screen
> >
> >This also occurs with one of the modules in SxS
> directory with
> >name something like win86 when ZoneAlert is told to deny
> its loading.
> >XP has now crashed more in the last week than NT 4 and
> windows 2000
> >crashed on me in 2 years.
> >
> >It's getting to be SO EASY to crash XP almost at will.
> >
> >"Hello" <me@here.com> wrote in message
> news:3CFEC09D.5010AADB@shaw.ca...
> >> Dave Feustel wrote:
> >> >
> >> > With all critical updates applied and ZoneAlarm pro
> 3.0 installed,
> >> > start IE and visit http://state.me.us/ag
> >> >
> >> > Zone Alarm will alert that iexplorer is attempting
> to access the internet
> >> > and ask whether the access should be allowed.
> >> >
> >> > Click on 'No'.
> >> >
> >> > KA-BOOM!
> >> >
> >> > Blue Screen.
> >> >
> >> > This is very repeatable on my system.
> >>
> >> That URL times out here all the time.
> >
> >.
> >

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