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  1. 2014-12-10 10:23 #1
    Vandalhart
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    Captcha Request

    When I've tried to go to Penny-Arcade the site seems to throw up a captcha request page. I have no idea why it'd do that, but I have other people within the same building and on the same network who don't seem to have a problem with it.

    I just want to know if my work computer may have some sort of virus I know nothing about.
  2. 2014-12-10 10:27 #2
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    Can you do a screen shot? I'm not seeing anything.
  3. 2014-12-10 10:27 #3
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    I occasionally get the same when browsing BG on my work network. I think it's nothing to worry about but the site might think you're a bot/crawler.
  4. 2014-12-10 11:27 #4
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    Okay. I'll keep an eye on it then. If it happens again I'll grab a screen capture and upload it.

    It just seems odd that it's not happening to other people within my building at the same time. We're all on the same network so I would think we all have the same IP to the outside. Feel free to correct my broken concept of how networks work.
  5. 2014-12-10 11:47 #5
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    Did it look like this? I made a post on it I found:

    http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/118...ply-New-Thread

    Caithenn gave a helpful reply: http://www.bluegartr.com/faqs/bg/49-...le-browsing-bg

    edit: just realised you meant Penny Arcade, not BG sorry
  6. 2014-12-10 12:41 #6
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    That is almost the exact same thing. I will do more than just fill out the captcha next time I get it then.




    There were some virus scares on our network lately, maybe that's what's causing the problem. I don't think my computer is infected, but if someone elses it apparently it can flag it for the entire office.
  7. 2014-12-12 09:45 #7
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    It's not PA nor BG, it's Cloudflare. Cloudflare provides different security settings and if enabled, it will show a Captcha if your IP/ISP is a source of heavy spam or similar malicious activity: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en...-site-visitor-

    It could also be that PA decided to set their security settings to "I'm under attack" which triggers it for pretty much everyone: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en...ttack-Mode-do-

    I'd tell your IT department that you're triggering the Cloudflare Captcha, so they can further inverstigate your network, just to be sure.
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