[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 08:16:47PM +0200, kcope wrote: > >>hello, this is kcope and i?m bored .. soo >> >>sending an email with an attachment named aux to a Microsoft Outlook >>client crashes Outlook, can someone confirm that? > > > This crap _still_ works? > > This kind of crash is a legacy from MS-DOS and AFAIK only works on the > Windows 9X/ME series (as in "graphic shell on top of MS-DOS" windows) > of Windows, it should not work on the NT kernel based versions (NT, > 2000, XP, 2003). > > Anybody to test it on a version of Windows based on the NT kernel? (I > run $FREEUNIX, so no way to test it myself). It shouldn't work there. > > Regards, > Alex.
Try to make a folder on ur XP sp2 all patched ( yes supposedly NT based ) named aux, nul, con, lpt1, lpt2, com1, com2 ... basically all MS-DOS reserved device names... Was left to know it crashed some Outlook. -d. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
