Access Violation in Infocomm.dll w/ Incorrectly Formatted URLs

 Last reviewed: September 23, 1997
Article ID: Q160659
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 may experience access violation error messages when a URL is based to any services that do not contain a leading "/". While this is an incorrectly formatted URL and should never be passed, it does cause the Internet Information Server (IIS) Services to stop.

CAUSE

This problem is caused by a bug in the code, which fails when there is no leading "/".

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): 

   S E R V P A C K

Keywords          : kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 ntnetserv NTSrvWkst ntutil kberrmsg kbnetwork
Version           : WinNT:4.0
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix kbservicepack

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Last reviewed: September 23, 1997
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