Ok, that is kind of clever.
Though I suppose even the dumbest user will chicken out once the terminal pops out.
With that shortcut only a tiny run window will appear and not the scary terminal
Depends on how dedicated they are. It’s not implausible that some might just shuffle it away as “computer verification stuff”, and faithfully paste and execute the code, since it’s the computer doing a computery thing, that it says it is doing, and asks you to do, all must be well.
This is actually pretty smart because it switches the context of the action. Most intermediate users avoid clicking random executables by instinct but this is different enough that it doesn’t immediately trigger that association and response.
We now need a “verify you are a captcha” mechanism to counter this.
I cant believe they made captcha that only works on windows
You (probably) wouldn’t see this page unless you were on Windows
I think more and more browsers are spoofing their UA to pretend that you’re using windows, for fingerprinting resistance
/s no I wouldn’t actually implement it
Yeah, right? Captchas have trained users to do whatever weird thing a webpage tells them to do, so now people will do this without thinking about it.
Yeah I sent the screenshot to my parents right away, I think they would know better but better be safe than sorry.
I tried it and it’s not working for me, my terminal is super+T and paste is Ctrl+Shift+V
Win + R isn’t the terminal but rather the run command.
Ooooohhh… Been using Ubuntu and Mint next to Windows for a couple years and always right-clicked to paste. So that’s the secret sauce!
Shift-insert works too, one key less
But insert is farther than shift :P
It is but it’s an easy combo on a full keyboard. On a laptop it may be a bit inconvenient I agree
The better argument is that many keyboards don’t have an Insert key. I usually use Shift+Insert myself because it’s more likely to work on all terminal types, including Windows and Linux, but have ran into times where I just don’t have an insert, like on my laptop and Chromebook. So yeah, I might switch to Ctrl+Shift+V as my go to.
That’s so sassy I kinda respect it.
Too bad for those who fall for it.
Usually I warn my 81 year old dad about these scams. Don’t think I need to worry about this one, he wouldn’t be tech savvy enough to find the windows button
When I saw a women get hacked aftermath. They installed remote access software, however in her downloads you could see the 10 duplicates.
The scum fuck scammer on the phone had to spend at least 45 minutes trying to get them to navigate to their downloads and run the installer.
Our elders are safe from this one lol
Sometimes I feel bad for scammers because I know how long it takes just to freaking reset a password on legitimate support calls at work (and usually that’s someone who’s put in a vague ticket saying “software isn’t working” so I emailed them a “I’m not a psychic” email with a link to schedule a call which requires one to schedule on the next business day just to finally talk on the phone and identify what they couldn’t write out in their ticket 2 days ago) but then I remember that they’re fucking scammers and often fully aware of what they’re doing
Same here, nothing to worry about
Kinda brilliant to disguise malware as a captcha, though. I won’t be surprised.
its not working, my krunner bind is windows+d
Why not Alt+F2?
I have fn lock on for volume and brightness, so that becomes Alt+FN+F2
ah, think this is like one of those survey scams.
Instructions were unclear, ransomware dev now owes me 0.15 bitcoin.
That is extremely hilarious
Except for the fact that a lot of less tech savvy people will fall for it.
diabolical
This reminds of when I was 13 I used to tell my opponents in Warcraft 3 that pessing alt+q+q quickly reveals the map. It’s a shortcut for closing the game. Worked way to many times
I do see this working
“Cheat Enabled.”
/disco mode on
Don’t have to tell me, I just tried summoning quillbeasts while looking at health bars
Yeah, and you can dupe items in RuneScape by dropping them and pressing Alt+F4
The day of a new patch in WoW I said in general chat “wow, they finally put a confirmation when you type /gquit , crazy how long it took” and sit in town and watch peoples guild names disappear
btw if you want to try and hack me, my IP is 127.0.0.1
We’d constantly get people by telling them holding alt and typing fax would get mirc to give them ops. Usually about a quarter of the channel would drop out.
also makes the victims self selecting, much like the deliberate spelling errors in scam mails.
ALT+F4 for free funds, opened alot of slots on bfh servers whenever my friends couldn’t join.
was funny when someone said “alt f4” and 3 people immediately leave LOL
