windows10 This web Link crashes Apple Safari, Iphone, Android, Windows 10, Chrome

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You've probably run into websites (or buggy browsers) that have inadvertently bogged down your devices, but there's one lurking out there that causes very intentional grief. If you visit crashsafari.com (we're not going to link it, for obvious reasons), the site will generate an ever-larger character string that creates a lot of problems. As the name implies, it'll reliably crash Apple's Safari browser on Macs -- and on iOS devices, you'll probably need to reboot. The code also appears to affect Chrome on Android and PCs, although not to such a severe and predictable degree. There doesn't appear to be any malware lurking behind the code, and you should be fine once you restart your browser or device. However, there are concerns that someone could use the crash to compromise your security (some attacks rely on crashes to open vulnerabilities)... or at least, use a URL shortener to hide the link and pull a prank. We've reached out to Apple for its take on the situation, and we'll let you know if it has a response. In the meantime, you'll probably want to avoid visiting any obscured links from people you don't trust.

 

 

iPhone and Mac users should be aware that clicking on the URL CrashSafari.com will make your Safari browser crash and could even force your device to restart. And that’s not the worst part: As 9to5Mac’s Benjamin Mayo points out, some pranksters on Twitter have been using URL shorteners to disguise the website’s identity from unsuspecting victims who will click on it and have their browsers crash.

 

 

The website contains JavaScript code that essentially calls the HTML5 History API repeatedly in a loop until it overloads your browser’s memory capacity and forces it to crash. Thankfully the website doesn’t harm your device in any way and is only a nuisance to people who click on it. I’ve found that it’s also crashed Chrome on Windows 10, so it looks like the website can crash other major browsers out there and not just Apple’s Safari.

There’s really no way to see if someone is using this URL in a shortened link, either. I tried to “peak” at the URL using 3D Touch on my iPhone 6s and it still crashed my device. The only thing you can do is be careful about clicking on links from people you don’t trust.

 

 

 

http://bgr.com/2016/01/25/crashsafari-url-iphone-crash/

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It crashes Google Chrome on Windows 10, Android devices, Linux OSes (makes the browser and Linux OS too slow that can lead to a crash).

Just tested it myself on a VM