Experts warn ClickFix malware attacks are back, and more dangerous than ever before – here’s how to stay safe

• ClickFix now uses OS detection, timers, and video tutorials to improve malware delivery efficiency.
• Attackers place pop-ups on hacked sites and promote them using Google malvertising.
• Victims are tricked into running malware through fake problem/solution instructions in system dialogs.

Horrible malware The deployment technology, known as ClickFix, has evolved to include a timer, video instructions and automatic victim detection. operating systemexperts warned.

ClickFix is ​​a malware delivery scam that uses a problem/solution method: first identifying a “problem” and then offering a “solution”. There could be a variety of reasons for this problem, ranging from “your computer is infected with malware” to “solve this CAPTCHA if you want to view the content.” The solution is almost always the same: copy and paste a command into a Windows Run program (or its equivalent on Linux/macOS), which launches a malware dropper and through it an infostealer or something even more sinister.