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Fake ChatGPT download site infects Windows and Mac users with malware

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1 SIGNALFIRST DETECTED 28 May 2026
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Other feeds and industry voices
29 May
ChatGPT share links abused to host fake outage pages to deliver malware

Threat actors are abusing ChatGPT's content-sharing feature to display fake OpenAI outage pages that direct users to download malware disguised as the ChatGPT desktop application.

REPORT · WHAT · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
29 Sept
Custom ChatGPTs push ClickFix attacks to deploy RAT malware

Custom variants of OpenAI's ChatGPT promoted in sponsored Google results are directing unsuspecting users to malicious sites that use ClickFix attacks to deliver malware. [...]

REPORT · WHAT · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
6 Aug
Mac detects ChatGPT as malware and moves it to trash

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1vhkpr7/mac_detects_chatgpt_as_malware_and_moves_it_to/"> <img alt="Mac detects ChatGPT as malware and moves it

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
11 May
Chatgpt app being identified as malware?

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1t9s675/chatgpt_app_being_identified_as_malware/"> <img alt="Chatgpt app being identified as malware?"

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
31 May
TF ChatGPT is malware?

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1tsopha/tf_chatgpt_is_malware/"> <img alt="TF ChatGPT is malware?"

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
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