Another loving steam virus

[duckman1229]

u should make sure those links dont work, just sayin

[Ad Bot]

[ShadowsfeaR]

Yeah one of my friends sent me a link while I was on my Steam Mobile. Redirected me to some Dropbox file of an .scr, obv virus.

[Ceist]

a buddy sent it to me. i clicked on it and it downlaoded the thing. I didn't run it though and none of my friends reported me having sent them a link. am i still at risk or something

[The Subject]

My friend sent thst to me today. I JUST got my internet fixed a few seconds ago, so when I got his chat, he said it was a virus afterwards.

[erifpsiW]

It's safe in the steam browser, right?

Right guys?

Right?

[Rainzx¹]

Someone tried to send it to me but I cancelled it before it even finished downloading.
You guys should turn off auto downloading, At least that's what I did after this.

[Flatflyer]

My friend got a link similar to this
fortunately he was smart enough to open the link on his phone instead so he could stop the download.

[LeetZero]

There are 2 things I want to address.

First off, an auto-download does not mean auto-run, does it? Why would downloading the thing be an issue in the first place as long as you don't manually execute it, as that is what every single virus does and activates.
Secondly, would this even be an issue for browsers that don't even have auto-downloading and asks you where to download it before (with even Chrome having such an option anyway)?

[Rainzx¹]

First off, an auto-download does not mean auto-run, does it? Why would downloading the thing be an issue in the first place as long as you don't manually execute it, as that is what every single virus does and activates.

Humans worry. Even if there is no danger.
It's hardwired into our brains to do this.

[Nal]

Here's a simple fix
Don't add people you don't know, if you're doing some tf2 trading then do it on outpost and ask for a response from them in the trade comments or w/e. If you're getting it from a friend then they're handicapped and are not worth your time

[LeetZero]

Here's a simple fix
Don't add people you don't know, if you're doing some tf2 trading then do it on outpost and ask for a response from them in the trade comments or w/e. If you're getting it from a friend then they're handicapped and are not worth your time

You are handicapped.
Since anyone can get infected, even best friends, that doesn't instantly classify them as "not worth your time" or "handicapped".

[Satan From Wreck-It-Ralph]

Here's a simple fix
Don't add people you don't know, if you're doing some tf2 trading then do it on outpost and ask for a response from them in the trade comments or w/e. If you're getting it from a friend then they're handicapped and are not worth your time

How about you actually learn to read?

[AutoBahn]

First off, an auto-download does not mean auto-run, does it? Why would downloading the thing be an issue in the first place as long as you don't manually execute it, as that is what every single virus does and activates.

Most drive-by-download attacks often have some sort of method of auto-executing the downloaded file via an exploit. I'd imagine this is the case here as well.

[Private McDoggy]

I have never been sent any kind of message like this on steam in my 6 years of having steam

[Flatflyer]

I have never been sent any kind of message like this on steam in my 6 years of having steam

its a lot more likely to happen if you have more stuff on steam (games, items from games like TF2, CS:GO, Dota 2 etc.)