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Ask HN: Crooked Timber showed showed me a virus captcha, What now?

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A user on Hacker News reported encountering a malicious 'ClickFix' attack disguised as a CAPTCHA on a website, which attempted to trick them into running a PowerShell script. The community response clarified that legitimate CAPTCHAs never require code execution and provided advice on how to avoid such social engineering scams.

Ask HN: Crooked Timber showed showed me a virus captcha, What now? | Hacker News

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