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‘Prove you are not a robot’: how the Captcha scam captures your computer

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Unlike familiar Captcha tests, this con asks you to press a series of keys. And that’s a way in for fraudsters to install malicious software You are looking for some gifts for Christmas and want to…

The Guardian United Kingdom · 15 November 2026

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