Multiple choice technology security

Which one is a HTML virus?

  1. Devolve

  2. Infector

  3. Delf

  4. Argentino

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Explanation

Devolve is a known HTML-based virus that infects web pages through HTML scripts. HTML viruses typically use script code (JavaScript, VBScript) embedded in HTML to execute malicious actions when pages are loaded. Infector, Delf, and Argentino are not classified as HTML viruses (they're typically executable/binary malware).

AI explanation

Among these names, 'Devolve' is documented as an HTML-based virus (one written in/exploiting HTML/script content rather than as a compiled binary infector). The distractors are different malware types: 'Infector' is a generic term for file-infecting viruses, not a specific HTML virus name; 'Delf' refers to a family of Trojan/backdoor malware (often written in Delphi) rather than HTML-based; 'Argentino' is not a recognized standard virus name in mainstream malware taxonomies. This is a narrow trivia fact from virus-history lists rather than something derivable from first principles.

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