Spot the Trap · Challenge 3 of 4
The human check that asks you to run something
You follow a link to a document. Before it opens, a page displays these instructions.
Verify you are human
Open Windows Run using Windows + R.1 Paste using Ctrl + V, then press Enter.2
Verification reference: 88412. Complete this step to continue.3
Your answer
Next time: Do not run a command to prove you are human.
Each option explained
Details to notice
- The instructions leave the website and open a system tool.
- They ask you to paste and execute content without explaining it.
- Access to the document depends on complying.
Some attacks copy a command during an earlier interaction. These instructions alone do not prove what is currently on your clipboard.
About this pattern
Microsoft documents ClickFix attacks that use apparent verification or troubleshooting instructions to get people to run malicious commands. Microsoft: Think before you Click(Fix)
The source documents the technique, not this invented example.
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