ChatGPT-4o Is Sending Users to a Scammy Website That Floods Your Screen With Fake Virus Warnings

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The latest iteration of OpenAI's famed chatbot, ChatGPT-4o, is designed to allow users to browse the web.

"In the last 18 months, we have seen a huge surge in malicious advertising (malvertising) as a vector for spreading malware," he told Futurism. "Criminals take out ads on legitimate ad networks to lure people to fake websites and trick them into downloading malware, thinking it's a legitimate program".

Click the fake update and things get even worse, with the site going full-screen and showing a storm of phony virus notifications using the branding of the antivirus company McAfee.

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Author / Journalist: Maggie Harrison Dupré

Category: Technology

Markets: United StatesIsraelMali

Topics: Malware Artificial Intelligence OpenAI Chatgpt Ai

Source Website Secure: Yes (HTTPS)

News Sentiment: Negative

Fact Checked: Legitimate

Article Type: News Report

Published On: 2024-07-01 @ 14:33:22 (4 days ago)

News Timezone: GMT +8:00

News Source URL: futurism.com

Language: English

Article Length: 911 words

Reading Time: 6 minutes read

Sentences: 25 lines

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