Internet Explorer 6 will simply crash just after you move your mouse pointer over one of the links on the next page.
The instance of iexplorer.exe which will try to render a CSS class property will be forced to close, together with its parents instances (e.g. if the current window has been opened using the "open in another window" menu).
| AppName: iexplore.exe | AppVer: 6.0.2900.2180 | ModName: mshtml.dll |
| ModVer: 6.0.2900.3199 | Offset: 00120521 |
The problem is caused by the mshtml.dll module, which is involved in the correct rendering of web pages.
It happens when a previously inline element with relative position tries to become an inline-block element.
The crash is caused by two simple CSS rules, applied to an anchor element:
a { position: relative;}
a:hover {display: inline-block;}
Internet Explorer 5.5 will also crash, I tested on Windows 98 and the system got so unstable I had to turn off the computer...
The XHTML code on which the crashing CSS rules are applied, can be found on the next page, to avoid unwanted browser crashes.