Full-screen fake Windows Update or captcha tricks users into pasting and running attacker commands. Malware is steganographically stored in PNG pixels; a .NET Stego Loader extracts, decrypts, and runs ...

The ClickFix campaign disguises malware as legitimate Windows updates, using steganography to hide shellcode in PNG files and bypass security detection systems.

ClickFix attack variants have been observed where threat actors trick users with a realistic-looking Windows Update animation in a full-screen browser page and hide the malicious code inside images.

The fake update screen then encourages the user to press the Windows button together with the R key—a little-known function to open the run dialog box, a way to launch programs on a Windows PC. All ...

December 4, 2025 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google The update screen is a normal occurrence on Windows machines, so of course hackers are now manipulating it to ...

ClickFix attack employs fake Windows security udpates. Updated November 27 with another Windows update warning, along with threat intelligence from the Acronis Threat Research Unit regarding the use ...

Windows 10 has a new update as part of Microsoft's extended support scheme, but there are reports of this latest release causing trouble for some users. A notable issue that's been raised in multiple ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. This is all about Windows 10 and the 700 million (a number now ...

CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE EXPLAINS. AS WE’VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, MICROSOFT ENDED ALL SUPPORT AND TECHNICAL UPDATES FOR WINDOWS 10 ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH. THAT MEANS NO SOFTWARE UPDATES, ...