141273 - Web page crashes Windows XP operating system

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 64516

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Norman Megill]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0rc1)
Gecko/20020417
BuildID:    2002041711

The web page http://www.larussians.com/winter_right.htm freezes mozilla and
makes Windows XP inoperable; ctrl-alt-del doesn't work, and "Start -> Turn Off
Computer" although (sometimes) selectable simply does nothing.  A hard
power-down and reboot was needed.  I confirmed this 3 times on my machine (Sony
Vaio PCG-R505DL).  To reproduce, boot Windows XP, open Mozilla Navigator, and go
to above URL. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot Windows XP
2. Open Mozilla Navigator
3. Open URL http://www.larussians.com/winter_right.htm

Actual Results:  Renders OS inoperable.

Expected Results:  OS should continue to operate and Mozilla should display the
page.

1. In the preferences, I have all but bottom three of the eight Scripts &
Windows options disabled.   
2. I use the "classic" theme.  
3. I have "prefs.js" read-only to lock in my settings (due to a separate
intermittent bug that causes it to reset prefs.js and lose my email settings...
still trying to pin that one down...).

(I don't know if any of these affect the problem.)

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

This is a known performance bug....

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 64516 ***