Active File Corruption

Warning to Internet Explorer 4.0 Users: By typing the name of a file into to the entry field below it will be corrupted. You should only enter the names of non-existent files or the names of files that you wouldn't mind having corrupted. By using the form below you are assuming full responsibility for the corruption of the files that you enter.

Note: You should enter the full path to the files that you want to corrupt. In other words, instead of entering


	badfile.txt

you would also need to specify the drive letter and all of the directories. For instance, to put a file on your desktop you might enter


	C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\badfile.txt

This is a serious security breach because:

This attack could be made completely silent, completely automatic, and completely instantaneous.
This method could have been used to corrupt any file on your hard drive. In attempting to downplay past bugs, Microsoft has pointed out that a malevolent hacker would need to know the name of a file on your system in able to use/destroy it. However, there are certain files (such as C:\autoexec.bat) which almost all Windows users have and which would have devastating effects if erased or corrupted.

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