Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Statement I:A cookie is a packet of information sent by a web browser to a web server.

Statement II:Spam can clog up a user's inbox with unwanted emails; it can also lead to phishing attacks.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false

CStatement I is true but Statement II is false

DStatement I is false but Statement II is true ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Explanation

Spam floods an inbox with unwanted email and can carry links that lead to phishing attacks, exactly as Statement 2 states.

Statement 1 is wrong because a cookie is sent by the web server to the browser, not from the browser to the server.

The server creates the cookie, and the browser stores it and sends it back on later visits.

A cookie is a small text file that remembers a user's preferences or session.

Spam is bulk unsolicited email, often sent to huge numbers of addresses at once.

Phishing dressed up as a trusted message is one common danger arriving through spam.

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