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JEDI

JEDI

Lifer
Sep 25, 2001
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after months of not getting it, I just got hit with it. :(
same computer, same home internet, same browser
 
jwhorfin

jwhorfin

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Got it for the first time today... scared the crap outta me as well : )
Would not let me into the forums unless I played along and verified. checked Anandtech.com before clicking anything and the main site loaded ok.
So this is originating from the Anandtech forum software or from a outside entity?

*edit: It also changed the Anand forum avatar in bookmarks to the SquareShield avatar till it let me back in... :oops:
 
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Amol S.

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JEDI said:
using same laptop, os (win7), browser (IE 11) and vpn since 2 years ago.
today was the 1st time I saw this new captcha.
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Windows 7. Isn't that going to be outdated within 4-5 months. The staff member did say that the square shield thing would pop-up if you are using outdated software. Probably they are doing things months in advance to be on the safe side.

To top that out, Internet Explorer what ever version is already outdated. Microsoft themselves said not to use Internet Explorer and to use Edge... which is not available on Windows 7.
 
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Amol S.

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Just happened a few moments ago. What activity do you feel is suspicious? I have only made 2 new threads in the past week. Screenshot_2019-08-26-16-52-25.png
 
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Orange Kid

Orange Kid

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Happens far to often here also. Does not matter if it is a windows or Linux machine I am using. 20 years on these forums should be enough time for you to figure out that I am not suspicous in my activity. Loose the stupid thing. I have two step login security on!
 
Scarpozzi

Scarpozzi

Lifer
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I saw it for the first time just now after my computer shut down due to a power outage....sheesh. That's annoying considering I've never seen it on any other site...

You'd never see a major ecommerce site block traffic for that nonsense....it would be the last thing they ever did before losing out to the competition. Hopefully that can be shutdown by whoever your host is.
 
Kaido

Kaido

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Windows 10 64-bit, Google Chrome browser, no VPN or anything fancy

Went to forums.anandtech.com and got the captcha today. Also the graphic at the top appears to be broken...

captcha.jpg
 
JEDI

JEDI

Lifer
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Kaido said:
Windows 10 64-bit, Google Chrome browser, no VPN or anything fancy

Went to forums.anandtech.com and got the captcha today. Also the graphic at the top appears to be broken...

View attachment 10221
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obviously, your Bluetooth Anova got hacked :p

also, it seems anandtech switched to captcha from squaresoft?
 
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Kaido

Kaido

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JEDI said:
obviously, your Bluetooth Anova got hacked :p

also, it seems anandtech switched to captcha from squaresoft?
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Haha!

ShieldSquare, not SquareSoft...although I thought the exact same thing when I saw it lol
 
BoomerD

BoomerD

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It's been a couple of days since the forum software update...so far, I haven't had a single ShieldSquare issue... <knock wood>
 
VirtualLarry

VirtualLarry

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I just got it! The CAPTCHA! And I beat it! But for how long...until it challenges again?
 
BoomerD

BoomerD

No Lifer
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BoomerD said:
It's been a couple of days since the forum software update...so far, I haven't had a single ShieldSquare issue... <knock wood>
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I KNEW I would jinx it...got up this morning...captcha-blocked on my iPad.

I REALLY wish the Purch Future folks would fix this crap. (Missed the sale of AT/Purch last year. Seems like this problem started AFTER the site was sold.)
 
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balloonshark

balloonshark

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It happened to me for the first time this past week. I keep a vpn extension installed in firefox but I normally keep it disabled. This week it was enabled but it wasn't on so that could have been the trigger. If so that's not good if this site is just detecting the enabling of a browser extension even though I wasn't actually using a vpn. I hope that makes sense.
 
Jaskalas

Jaskalas

Lifer
Jun 23, 2004
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I ran into this "block" when I first visited after the recent forum update.

It required me to click a checkbox. So.... not a big deal?
 
BoomerD

BoomerD

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Jaskalas said:
I ran into this "block" when I first visited after the recent forum update.

It required me to click a checkbox. So.... not a big deal?
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That works for my on my PC, or my android fone, but not on the iPad. Doesn't matter what browser, no check box, only "file not found."
 
JEDI

JEDI

Lifer
Sep 25, 2001
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BoomerD said:
I KNEW I would jinx it...got up this morning...captcha-blocked on my iPad.

I REALLY wish the Purch Future folks would fix this crap. (Missed the sale of AT/Purch last year. Seems like this problem started AFTER the site was sold.)
Click to expand...
What?
Link on sale?
 
nakedfrog

nakedfrog

No Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
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I haven't been seeing the ShieldSquare thing, but the forum does keep intermittently acting like I'm not logged in, but when I click to log in, it says there was an error, and after refreshing a few times, it's back to normal.
 
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Ajay

Lifer
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nakedfrog

nakedfrog

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I guess they must have done something, because today I saw my first ShieldSquare page pop-up since May.

Wow, and after I solved it, it took me directly to another ShieldSquare page... and then when I solved THAT one, it took me right to another one.
 
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