BEWARE OF MULTIPLE MS-DOS DEVICE NAMES IN PATHS


If a path to a file or folder contains an MS-DOS device name (e.g., PRN, NUL, CON), Windows treats it as invalid. A path containing two or more MS-DOS device names, however, is not treated as invalid. Instead, Windows performs an illegal resource access operation, which results in unresponsiveness and/or a crash.


This error typically occurs when a user attempts to access a URL within a malicious e-mail or Web page since folders and filenames cannot be created with reserved MS-DOS device names.


The problem can be fixed with downloads of ifsmgr.vxd for Win95 and Win98, including SE. Each downloads a simple .exe.


Windows 95 download

http://click.online.com/Click?q=75-whwtIKUlzZmSr2D_rjdZszzZpIsR


Windows 98 and 98SE download

http://click.online.com/Click?q=8a-3y3dQXnJ43o3nEEO3NXctbQoUCeR