There IS a new feature that MS is using with Windows XP
that when an application crashes, they offer to send a
bug report back "home" so they can track bugs. I do not
know if folks have learned to hijack this tool or not,
but I would be very surprised if someone hadn't tried by
now to spoof the unsuspecting with a cheap imitation.
If your application really did crash, it was probably
legitimate.
However, maybe to be safe, you should NOT send this time,
and watch it closely.
One way you can test this is to make an app hang (give it
a HUGE task) and then force it to close with task
manager, and when the app (busy because of all the work
you gave it) doesn't respond, you'll be prompted to close
the app forcibly. When you do, you'll also get this
prompt. Or you should.
If all else fails, and you just don't trust it, don't
send. I send if I think sending would help them, but I
don't send if I feel that my own stupidity caused the
crash to begin with.
Tom
