Celeste ISD Tech News

How to Protect Yourself:

The "Verify You're a Human" prompt asking you to copy/paste text into your computer is a dangerous malware scam known as ClickFix. Attackers use fake CAPTCHA pages to trick you into running malicious PowerShell scripts that can steal passwords and personal information.

Fake CAPTCHAs Scam - Don't be a victim!

How many times have you been asked to prove “I'm not a robot" when you try to access certain websites? Avoid interacting with it if you click the checkbox and then are asked to complete the following verification steps:

Press Win + R (this opens the Run dialog box)
Press CTRL + V (this pastes the line from the clipboard into the text field)
Press Enter (this executes the code)

Above all, do not follow instructions like those shown above.

To read more about how to protect yourself from this scam, click the button link below:

Ohio State University Office of Technology - Article for Avoiding CAPTCHA scam

Common Types of Normal CAPTCHAs:

Text-based: A string of distorted letters or numbers.
Math-based: Solving a simple equation
Image-based: Selecting specific images from a grid, such as "traffic lights" or "bicycles".

STAAR Testing Technology Went Well!

The first round of STAAR tests seemed to go smoothly. A few small incidents were reported.

1. Chromebook screen zoomed in and student was not able to zoom out. After troubleshooting by Ctrl + Shift + 0 (zero) and Ctrl + - (minus) did not work, the student was able to scroll up and pause the test, login to another Chromebook and resume testing. Thankfully, the student was able to resume testing.

2. Desktop computer had to be restarted to clear a detected open Google browser before student could login. - If you are in a computer lab, make sure all testing computers have been restarted prior to test day.

Report Classroom Tech Issues Prior to Testing

We did not receive any responses to our survey question about classroom Chromebook/Tech issues prior to testing that was posted in our last tech news, so hopefully all is well. In case you need to report any issues this week, we have included the button link below.

Use the link below and be the third person to tell us what CAPTCHA stands to win a git card.

https://forms.gle/Jq1G398tyvsmSeXw7

Report Tech Issues Prior to Testing Form

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How to Protect Yourself:

Beware of Fake CAPTCHA that Initiates Malware Beware of Fake CAPTCHA that Initiates Malware

Fake CAPTCHAs Scam - Don't be a victim!

Common Types of Normal CAPTCHAs:

Technology and First Round of STAAR Tests Technology and First Round of STAAR Tests

STAAR Testing Technology Went Well!

Report Classroom Tech Issues Prior to Testing