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The school offers a wireless facility (wifi) to the Computer Science students of Class XI. For communication What will happen if the student will click on the given URL?

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The school offers a wireless facility (wifi) to the Computer Science students of Class XI. For communication, the network security staff of the school has a registered URL schoolwifi.edu. On 17 September 2017, the following email was mass distributed to all the Computer Science students of Class XI. The email claimed that the password of the students was about to expire. Instructions were given to go to the URL to renew their password within 24 hours.

What will happen if the student will click on the given URL?

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If the student will click on the given URL then may be viruses or malware and other things come into the device of students.

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Chapter 11: Societal Impact - Exercise [Page 248]

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Chapter 11 Societal Impact
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