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Beware this sneaky new 'CAPTCHA' that tricks you into installing malware

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Summary
Nutrition label

40% Informative

Malwarebytes Labs spotted one site that demanded three unusual steps from prospective users.

The pop-up “verification” is trying to get you to open the Windows Run command, paste in a bit of text that the site snuck into your clipboard via JavaScript .

What you can’t see is a trigger for the Mshta command that downloads a certain file from a server.

VR Score

28

Informative language

17

Neutral language

39

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

44

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

medium-lived

Source diversity

1