ClickFix lure: finger.exe/curl.exe staged via clipboard-paste execution

Arnold Chan@slaz

•updated Sep 18, 2026•0•0•1

Detects the execution of known command-line utilities (cmd, powershell, mshta, wscript) spawned by explorer.exe that utilize external network request tools (curl, finger) to initiate network connections. This pattern is commonly observed in stage-1 downloader behavior where a user-initiated action from explorer triggers an attempt to pull down external payloads.