Maybe escaping the character wouldn't help if every * is telling the server to process a long loop, but some max range or time to perform the task. I can't tell

Maybe escaping the character wouldn't help if every * is telling the server to process a long loop, but some max range or time to perform the task. I can't tell which company, but I managed to do exactly that you described a few months ago, with a valid query, and it's one of those companies you can guess if I tell you the first letter of its name.