What are HTML viruses?

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Created On:	18 Sep 2012 1:01 PM

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Also known as active content attacks or browser attacks, HTML attacks are aimed at those who use web browsers or HTML-enabled email clients to read their mail. Such attacks tend to use the scripting features of HTML, or of the email client, to illicitly execute code on the PC, or to acquire private information from the recipient's computer. These viruses do not require user intervention in order to be activated.