Dot Matrix Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Anyone else getting harassed by Bing with constant CAPTCHAs? What the actual ###### is this ######? :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted July 7, 2013 Author Share Posted July 7, 2013 Everytime I make a search, I'm prompted with a CAPTCHA before I can continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinch Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Maybe they're telling you that you should take a break before you blow a gasket or something. :p Not getting any captchas on my end. winrez 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Standard feature of Bing and google. happens sometimes when it thinks you may be a bot. goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted July 7, 2013 Author Share Posted July 7, 2013 I don't search that often that anything should think I'm a bot. How do I kill it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siah1214 Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 I have never head of or seen this. Screenshot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spy beef Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 screenshot or it didn't happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kondrath Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Are you using Tor or some sort of proxy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Norris Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 There's multiple reasons a search engine might flag an IP like this. I had it happen a year or so ago with Google, had a misbehaving Firefox addon hammer Google's service way too fast and it would bug me for a CAPTCHA every couple of searches until I narrowed it down and got rid of it. Other "suspicious traffic" (bots, malware, etc) can get you flagged for it as well. goretsky and Karl L. 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted July 7, 2013 Author Share Posted July 7, 2013 I'll do better than a screenshot. Here's video... https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=F4E746178991A29C!24101&authkey=!ALKqPEd7QNvwKzE EDIT: No proxies or anything of the sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siah1214 Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Fascinating. Does it happen if you reset your IE settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerowen Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Just tried making a few searches in rapid succession, not having the issue here. I've had that happen if I was using Tor or something though, but you said you weren't using any proxies so I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted July 7, 2013 Author Share Posted July 7, 2013 Looks like that worked. But I'm still getting it on Firefox and Chrome, which means I'll have to clear them as well. It's just strange how that happened at once across all these browsers for no apparent reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetla Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 if you try to do multiple succession searches with Bing Award point on, it'll happen sometime. I've seen them in the past, I just enter the captcha and it'll clear it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted July 7, 2013 Author Share Posted July 7, 2013 if you try to do multiple succession searches with Bing Award point on, it'll happen sometime. I've seen them in the past, I just enter the captcha and it'll clear it though. Been answering them, but they never cleared away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gameboy1977 Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 I had same problem too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaAddict Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 if you try to do multiple succession searches with Bing Award point on, it'll happen sometime. I've seen them in the past, I just enter the captcha and it'll clear it though. Pro tip to max out daily Bing Rewards points: Hold down the control key on your keyboard and click the "related search" links on the right side so that it opens those searches in a new tabs which all simultaneously load. Then go to one of the newly opened search tabs and repeat again with the related searches on that tab. Saves a lot of time with this method and never had a captcha prompt ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Well, cleaning cookies only stopped the issue temporarily, I'm being prompted AGAIN. :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Something on your computer/network is causing google to think you're a bot spamming their search engine. Have you tested on other computers ? Checked network/Internet settings. Ran AV and crapware scans and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris123NT Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Definitely seems to be something on your end spamming the search engines. I would definitely do a malware scan, something is definitely fishy. I've never seen those capchas when trying to do a search, and I do a lot of searches over the course of a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Something on your computer/network is causing google to think you're a bot spamming their search engine. Have you tested on other computers ? Checked network/Internet settings. Ran AV and crapware scans and so on. This is Bing, OP is having issues with, NOT Google!! Have never seen that issue before either, on any of my 3 browsers, which aren't the same as OP's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torolol Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 or when you search your files / program / apps on your computer, the OS forward it to bing search instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted July 8, 2013 MVC Share Posted July 8, 2013 I don't think the OP understands what the "best answer" is to be used for - the one chosen as best answer here while fun and amusing has nothing to do with the solution or problem. While hawkman and Max Norris posts give you the information needed to solve your problem. If you being prompted with a captcha - clearing cookies might temp remove the issue, it is not a fix to the original problem why the site flagged you as looking like malware or abusive to the point they are asking to prove your human before you can query more. As Max pointed out in his post, it was a addon in his browser that was the root of the problem. Quite often this can happen if using a proxy or vpn where multiple users are all coming from the same IP. The search site just sees lots of queries all coming from the same IP that exceeds what a normal human would query and therefore inforces something like captcha. I am afraid I find it unlikely that clearlng cookies or reseting browser settings is going to be a final solution to your problem - more investigation is in order to what is kicking off the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avi Patel Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 i have never gotten this before...ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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