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Marrk

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Mar 4, 2011
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Hi Guys,

I don't often come here, but this is the only site that I could reach. My problem is an error message from google asking me to verify that I am human. Without clicking on it, I cannot do any searches. I can only reach bookmarked sites. Is it safe for me to click on it?

By the way, I'm a dummy when it comes to technology.

Thanks

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The URL corresponding to your google search is correct. I don't remember it has ever happened to me, but I rarely use Google for searches anyway.

I'd say it's safe.
 
This can occasionally happen in situations where there is a lot of traffic coming from the same IP address or IP address block. I have also seen it happen when Cloudflare is having issues. This is not the same as a malicious site pretending to be the legitimate site, so it should be safe to click on the captcha to verify you aren't a bot.
 
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