Author Topic: Steam account stolen  (Read 1842 times)

This wouldn't happen if you didn't try doing those STEAM FREE ATI HL2 scams.

This wouldn't happen if you didn't try doing those STEAM FREE ATI HL2 scams.

Yeah.. the Invidia one is legit though

This wouldn't happen if you didn't try doing those STEAM FREE ATI HL2 scams.
Isn't the ATI one legit?

It is. I got those games back in 06 from my ATI integrated graphics.

It's the same link and it does the same thing it did 3 years ago.

Both of them are fine and work.

The problem is when you type "Free HL2DM ATI" into google and go to steampowered.co.nr and enter your username and password for HL2DM.

Did you check for spys before you entered your password?

It is. I got those games back in 06 from my ATI integrated graphics.

It's the same link and it does the same thing it did 3 years ago.
WAIT, WHAT! I HAS AN ATI!

Yep, I did the email confirm.

Plus my password is a 10 digit number that is hard to guess.
That's ten billion possible combinations. Wanna try guessing?
Mine is a 10 digit number.. :o

Did you check for spys before you entered your password?

stuff, i dont have a pyro living with me though...

stuff, i dont have a pyro living with me though...
Just get your mum to swap classes for a bit.


Yep, I did the email confirm.

Plus my password is a 10 digit number that is hard to guess.
That's ten billion possible combinations. Wanna try guessing?

how many combinations exactly



A ten digit number that is hard to guess sounds a lot like a phone number and area code.

A ten digit numerical password probably won't be cracked on steam, but not because of it's length. A low end computer could probably guess every combination in a few minutes. It's the fact that after the first 100 tries valve is probably going to block the connection trying to guess thousands of passwords every second.

If you do some thing simple like throw in "a*" at the end of random numbers the time it takes to brute force will probably go up exponentially since now the computer has to guess letter, numbers, and symbols.

I tend to put a random symbol at the end of a password because of this.

Of course you're hundreds of times more likely to have your account compromised by phishing, forgetting to log off public computers, keylogging, psychological tricks or simply sharing with a friend then having someone guess your password. Familiarizing yourself with phishing sites and an ounce of prevention will go quite a bit further then putting a few letters at the end of your password.