HTML Virus Found

http://www.computerworld.com/home/news.nsf/CWFlash/9811102virus
http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/16206.html

These brief November 1998 articles in Computerworld and Wired talk about what appears to be the first publicized discovery of an HTML virus.

Questions:

1. What is the special significance of an HTML virus, as opposed to a virus in a Microsoft Word document or a virus in a shareware game?

2. Assume you were the IT director at a large company. What types of actions would you take after reading this article?

3. Assume you use the Internet through a personal computer in your home. What impact might HTML viruses have on you, and what do you think you might do about the possibility of an infection from this source?

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