New exploit can freeze web browsers!

[Michael Wheaton <dubsydesign () YAHOO COM>]

Everyone wants to freeze someone's computer when they
read an e-mail, right?  Hotmail has put their security
way up but still Yahoo!Mail and hundreds of others can
be used to freeze a person's computer easily!  As you
know, JavaScript can be used to execute functions on a
person's computer without their permission to do so.
A while ago you used to be able to execute JavaScript
on HotMail but they've completely removed that
possibility for now.  JavaScript has been blocked out
of many other popular e-mail programs but I have
discovered a method to get past this.

By enclosing the JavaScript inside an IMG tag you can
still execute it!  Also, change "javascript" to
"javasCript" and it will get past more e-mail
programs!  Here is what I use:

<IMxxxG SRxxC="javasxxxCript:fxxxor(var ixxx = 0; xxi
< 500; i++)
winxxxdow.openxx('http:://wxxxww.eat.com');">

Please note that for your protection a bunch of the
letter "x" has been inserted.  Simply remove the "x"s
and it should work just fine.  It will immediately
begin to execute 500 pop up windows, enough to crash
web browsers and even freeze the computer!  It has
been tested on YahooMail and a couple of others and
worked great!  Send it out to anyone you want and it
should freeze their computer wonderfully.  For extra
good results make the image width=
"0000000000000000000000000000000000000001" or
something like that.  The large size will mess up the
browser even more!

Hope you have lots of fun with this.  It can also be
adapted to a web page!


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