How Huntress Detects and Responds to a ClickFix Attack
Huntress, Monday, October 5th, 2026
Huntress explains why ClickFix fake-CAPTCHA attacks evade artifact-based endpoint tools and how it detects and responds to them.
Huntress explains why ClickFix attacks, which use fake CAPTCHAs to trick users into pasting commands into the Windows Run dialog, slip past most endpoint security.
Signature AV, next-gen AV and most EDR products are built to catch an incoming artifact, but ClickFix often has no dropper, attachment, exploit or file to scan, and telemetry-based detection fires only after execution.
Since ClickFix chains move between stages in seconds, the post describes how Huntress detects and responds to these attacks fast enough to matter.