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#STEAM TEXT SPAMMER HOW TO#
#STEAM TEXT SPAMMER INSTALL#
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SteamRep has also set up a Safe Trading Practices guide.If you trade a lot or want to check if a Steam account has a bad reputation, you can use SteamRep:.Follow the tips by Steam itself to further protect your account:.

#STEAM TEXT SPAMMER INSTALL#

Install WOT - WOT is a community-based tool and is therefore very useful for those fake screenshot websites, whereas other users can warn you about the validity.Enable ' Show file extensions' to see the real file type. By default, file extensions are not shown.If you did click the link, don't open or execute anything else - just close the webpage (if any) or cancel the download.If you receive a link which is a URL shortener ( bit.ly or goo.gl for example), you can use GetLinkInfo to see the real URL.In fact, don't click on links someone unknown sends to you.Be wary when someone new or with Level 0 adds you on Steam and immediately starts sending links.Contact Steam/Valve in order to get your items back:.Note: move the Steamapps folder (default on C:\Program Files\Steam\Steamapps) outside of the Steam directory to prevent your games from being deleted Verify none of your Steam items are missing - if so, it is advised to reinstall Steam as well.

#STEAM TEXT SPAMMER HOW TO#

De-authorize any unknown machines, read how to do that here:.

#STEAM TEXT SPAMMER PASSWORD#

When the malware has been disinfected or deleted, change your Steam password - if you use the same password for other sites, change those as well.

Launch a scan with another, online antivirus or install & scan with Malwarebytes.

Launch a scan with your installed antivirus.

Open up Task Manager (CTRL + SHIFT + ESC) and find a process called temp.exe, wrrrrrrrrrrrr.exe, vv.exe or a process with a random name, for example 340943.exe or a process similar to the file you executed.

What if you clicked the link and executed the file? Follow these steps: Type: PE32 executable for MS Windows (GUI) Intel 80386 32-bit Mono/.Net assembly Opening the file will result in installing malware on your system, which will steal your Steam credentials. I have reported it however.Īfterwards, you're presented with the screensaver file which has the following icon: (and in some cases download automatically)Īt time of writing, the file is actually still being hosted by Google Drive.

In this case, the string " &confirm=no_antivirus" is added to the link, which means the file will pop-up immediately asking what to do: Run or Save.

Note that normally, the Google Drive Viewer application will be shown and this will allow you to download the. The file is shared by someone named "qwrth gqhe". The bit.ly link actually refers to a page on Google Drive, which immediately downloads a file called IMG_211102014_17274511.scr, which is in fact a Screensaver file - an executable. Someone adds you on Steam, you accept and immediately a chat pops up as similar to above.Īlternatively someone from your friends list already got infected and is now sending the same message to all his/her friends. Remember the worm that spread via Skype and Messenger last year? (reference here and here) This is a similar campaign.

Onyx is right, the link's indeed phishy and uses bit.ly (a URL shortener) to trick users into clicking it.