Captcha Requests Before Accessing Forums?

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Is anyone else getting Captcha requests before getting to the forums, or on a re-load of the forums?

It started today (26 June) for me. It may just be my connection / location / pc (I'm at home on my gaming laptop). The tip states that running a malware scan would resolve this issue; did that already and I'm still getting Captcha requests.

Next Steps (before bed tonight).
  1. Logout.
  2. Clear out cookies.
  3. Run security / virus / malware scan again.
  4. Login.
  5. Check.

Curious is all. :)
 

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This is an accelerated level of protection from Cloudflare.

Clearing the cookies means you'll see it again.

Let it go and it will stop after two weeks. Removing cookies starts the timer again.

Not everyone will see it; some people are seeing it because they have active malware on their computers, so scanning is always good advice.

Some people are seeing it because they have an IP that is associated with a high level of malware/spam/ etc.

Some people are seeing it because they are heavy users of the site; they refresh often, they have multiple tabs open (I'm getting it too, because I'm working on the server fairly often; I scan multiple times a day all the time and have never had malware on my devices or the server).
 
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