diff --git a/src/annotations/autolinks.ts b/src/annotations/autolinks.ts
index faa112c..55ca10c 100644
--- a/src/annotations/autolinks.ts
+++ b/src/annotations/autolinks.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ export class Autolinks implements Disposable {
 
 			if (ref.messageRegex === undefined) {
 				ref.messageRegex = new RegExp(
-					`(?<=^|\\s|\\()(${ref.prefix}([${ref.alphanumeric ? '\\w' : '0-9'}]+))\\b`,
+					`(?<=^|\\s|\\(|\\\\\\[)(${Strings.escapeRegex(ref.prefix)}([${
+						ref.alphanumeric ? '\\w' : '0-9'
+					}]+))\\b`,
 					ref.ignoreCase ? 'gi' : 'g',
 				);
 			}
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ export class Autolinks implements Disposable {
 		try {
 			if (ref.messageMarkdownRegex === undefined) {
 				ref.messageMarkdownRegex = new RegExp(
-					`(?<=^|\\s|\\()(${Strings.escapeMarkdown(ref.prefix).replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}([${
+					`(?<=^|\\s|\\(|\\\\\\[)(${Strings.escapeRegex(Strings.escapeMarkdown(ref.prefix))}([${
 						ref.alphanumeric ? '\\w' : '0-9'
 					}]+))\\b`,
 					ref.ignoreCase ? 'gi' : 'g',
diff --git a/src/system/string.ts b/src/system/string.ts
index 00e6a4a..0bbe923 100644
--- a/src/system/string.ts
+++ b/src/system/string.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ export namespace Strings {
 		return s.replace(markdownQuotedRegex, '\t\n>  ');
 	}
 
+	export function escapeRegex(s: string) {
+		return s.replace(/[-[\]{}()*+?.,\\^$|#\s]/g, '\\$&');
+	}
+
 	export function getCommonBase(s1: string, s2: string, delimiter: string) {
 		let char;
 		let index = 0;