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New ClickFix scam tricks users into installing malware, cybersecurity expert warns<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-07-07 18:38:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) \u2014 A resurfacing scam known as \u201cClickFix\u201d is tricking people into installing malware on their own devices by posing as a \u201cprove you\u2019re human\u201d verification step, according to cybersecurity expert Chris Wright of Sullivan Wright Technologies.Wright said the scam has been around for a while but has \u201creared its head again with a new theme,\u201d using prompts that look like familiar human-verification tests. The key difference, he said, is that ClickFix instructs users to copy and paste code onto their own computer and run it, which can bypass typical security protections.\u201cIt\u2019s asking you to actually copy code into your own computer, so it\u2019s kind of bypassing all of your protective mechanisms and saying go ahead and paste this sight unseen code and run it for me,\u201d Wright said.Wright said that once a victim runs the code, it can give an attacker a foothold on the device. That access can be used to steal sensitive information such as \u201cpasswords and credentials,\u201d he said, or to install a remote access tool that allows the attacker to return repeatedly.He said cybercriminals are increasingly targeting everyday people rather than only large institutions.\u201cThere\u2019s so many of these folks who, they\u2019re, you know, they don\u2019t need a whole lot, so they\u2019re going to come after the little folks like us,\u201d Wright said. \u201cIf they can get a little bit of money, if they can hit your small bank account, or you know, get something out of your email, then that\u2019s good enough for them.\u201dTo protect against ClickFix-style attacks, Wright said people should be wary of any \u201cprove you\u2019re human\u201d prompt that instructs them to open system tools and paste in commands.\u201cIt\u2019s asking you to hit Windows key in R or on a Mac to hit command space and then type terminal and then paste some stuff in there,\u201d Wright said. \u201cKnow that that is bad, because the tactic is going to be the same for all of these.\u201dWright said the scam can be confusing because people have become accustomed to standard \u201cprove you\u2019re not a robot\u201d tests online. He said that familiarity can make a malicious prompt seem like a legitimate new verification method, even though it is actually asking the user to run code.For more information, Wright said Sullivan Wright Technologies shares educational posts on social media and publishes newsletters and other materials online.\u201cYou can come to Sullivanwright.com and you can see all of our newsletters, all of our social media posts, and educational material on it,\u201d he said.Wright also noted that some social media users and platforms are increasingly labeling content as AI-generated, describing it as part of a broader backlash tied to concerns about AI\u2019s impact on artists and content creators. He said those labels may help in some cases, but added that \u201cthe bad guys aren\u2019t going to do that.\u201d
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