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David Harries's avatar
David Harries
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

When I sign in, I get the message: Your browser appears to be blocking dropboxcaptcha.com. Why?

When signing in I usually get the message: Your browser appears to be blocking dropboxcaptcha.com, which is required for authentication. To resolve this issue, please update any anti-virus or ad-bloc...
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TechyBoyzIT's avatar
TechyBoyzIT
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Disable IPv6 on your network card. Dropbox doesn't play nice with IPv6. They wont admit it but this solves 99% of issues like this.

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