nsane.forums Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Many moons ago, actually August 31 2006, a website called crashie.com was launched. The purpose of the website was to, as you can guess by its name, crash IE. The idea was simple, a single line of code would cause most versions of IE7 and earlier to crash which forced you to use an alternative browser to view the sites content. Many would think that the story ends there and the novelty site would fade into oblivion, unfortunately for Microsoft, that is not the case. Microsoft patched the flaw used for crashie.com in IE 8, which many thought would be the end of the website, but if you now visit crashie.com in IE9, the website locks up IE9 too. What is actually causing the lockup of IE9 at this point is unknown, but Neowin was able to confirm on three different machines that the RTM of IE9 will lockup when visiting the website. While not good for Microsoft, those looking to play a joke on their IE9 using friends will have a new weapon for their tomfoolery. [update] We are getting a mixed bag of reports, some say it loads without issue, others report that it locks up their system and one user reports a timeout. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 lol did they forgot ie8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknownasphyxiated Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 IE8 didn't crash :frusty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nima Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Does not load with IE9; but ok with FF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Tried going there in IE9.....and it did indeed cause it to throw a hissey fit. I looked into the processes and sure enough, the process skyrocketed from some minute number to above 48 percent in just 2 seconds. I had to end the process of IE9 just to close out of IE9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyo Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Malware alert in Opera... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuthut Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 they must use some weak computers... I had it open on two tabs.... granted the page didn't open up, but it didn't lock up my IE like the claims. I was able to switch tabs around and close out the tabs crashie was on with out any problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Lite Posted April 2, 2011 Administrator Share Posted April 2, 2011 they must use some weak computers... I had it open on two tabs.... granted the page didn't open up, but it didn't lock up my IE like the claims. I was able to switch tabs around and close out the tabs crashie was on with out any problemsEven on a Netbook i could do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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