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Fake CAPTCHA scam can hack your computer

  • None--Fox News
  • published date: 2026-05-24 12:22:50 UTC

Fake CAPTCHA scams trick users into opening command windows and pasting malicious scripts, installing StealC malware that steals passwords silently.

You've seen CAPTCHA checks everywhere. You click a box. You move on. No big deal. Now imagine that same box asking you to press a few keys on your keyboard. It might tell you to open a command window… [+6154 chars]