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** Changed in: firefox
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  Firefox goes nuts when asked to open a IRC URL.

Status in Mozilla Firefox:
  Won't Fix
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in firefox-3.0 package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  In Ubuntu Edgy, I fed Firefox an IRC URL, like (Don't click this
  yet:)) irc:irc.freenode.net/mychannel. A dialog popped up, asking me
  how I wanted the url to be handled. I accepted the default, xchat-
  remote. Then Firefox started opening _lots and lots_ of tabs. When I
  tried to close Firefox, it asked me wether I wanted to close the
  376(!) tabs. I only had one when I entered the IRC URL. I closed
  Firefox, but then another Firefox instance appeared and the insanity
  resumed. I closed that instance and another appeared, but this time I
  was quick and closed it right away. Then it stopped.

  My system slowed down significantly. I think this should actually be
  considered a security issue, since a script in a web page could open
  an irc url, causing a DoS. This is assuming Firefox won't eventually
  stop opening new tabs. Even if it does, the user is forced to kill
  firefox, loosing whatever they were doing.

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