TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — If you’ve ever had to log into an online account, you’re likely familiar with a CAPTCHA ID verification box.
While normal CAPTCHA boxes may be a slight annoying feature to ensure you’re not a “robot,” hackers are using fake pages to fool you into downloading a virus to your device.
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According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, a normal CAPTCHA typically just asks you to click a button and perform a photo match or fill in a text box to prove you are a human user.
However, in these fake pages, the “captcha” page will say there is an error and ask you to hit a specific set of keys to fix the problem. Typically, this is a key command like Windows Key + R, then Ctrl +V…