Nasty URL bug brings Google Chrome to a screeching halt | PCWorld

Nasty URL bug brings Google Chrome to a screeching halt | PCWorld

▲     Nasty URL bug brings Google Chrome to a screeching halt Visiting—or merely mousing over a link that contains a specific string of characters—is enough to cause the current release of the Chrome browser to crash. Sep 20, 2015 10:10 AM If you use Google Chrome, you'll want to watch out for this bug: According to VentureBeat , a specific character string of text could bring your browser crashing to the ground.  According to VentureBeat, merely appending "%%30%30" to the end of a URL will cause Chrome to hang and crash. The cruelest twist? You don't even have to open a malformed URL to cause the crash–merely mousing over the link is enough to bring down Chrome. (In other words, don't add the above string to URLs unless you like cussing at your computer. Don't say we didn't warn you.) Security researcher Andris Atteka originally discovered the bug by entering a URL with the added characters tacked on (a total of 26 characters),

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