Automated Malware Analysis Under Attack

When it infects the system, UpClicker takes an innocuous first step, binding itself to the mouse. The malware then hibernates until a user clicks the left mouse button and then releases it. Unless security researchers emulate the button press, automated analysis systems will stop observing the malware before its actually does any malicious activity, and the code will not be flagged for further investigation.

via Automated Malware Analysis Under Attack – Dark Reading.