Fraudsters are always clever when it comes to injecting apps with malware. It is certainly nothing new that malicious apps are littered on the Internet, but lately they have also appeared in the theoretically safe places such as the alarming frequency Google Play Store and evenly Apple’s app store. Malware is even displayed on Steam and serves as a reminder that we all have to be careful with every app (or every game) that we want to download on our devices.
As reported by GamerantValve recently removed a title with the title “named” Piratefi From steam. The game created by developer Seaworth Interactive was free to play and was advertised as a survival adventure that had the players fishing and swimming with a single player and co-op mode. The game was only released on February 6 of this year, which means that it was less than a week on Steam.
Why the distance? Steam claims that the game developer uploaded versions of the game to Steam, which contained suspected malware. Since then, Steam has removed these builds and the game itself, but if you happened to play the game while these builds were active, Steam probably said that her PC was infected with malicious code.
Fortunately, the scope of the situation was relatively small: it only appears Around 1,500 people actually downloaded the gameWhich is less than many malware in the latest memory. In addition, Valve turned directly to the players concerned and warned them of the likely malware problem.
The message from Steamdb shared valve Piratefi player In a contribution to X. As part of this message, Steam warns the players that they should fully reorganize the operating system of your PC to ensure that they scrub completely.
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It seems that some affected players were very aware of how malignant the game was. A negative assessment claimed that the game had emptied its steam pocket for sale Dota 2 Skins, while another claims that most of their accounts were chopped after the game was installed.
A disturbing trend
Nevertheless, this is worrying at all. Usually it is certain to download apps and games from official sources such as app stores – especially steam. It is almost unknown that a game in the Valve shop would be malignant. It is even less common than finding harmful apps in Apple’s shops, which unusually exceed the company’s defense from time to time.
Do you expect more malicious games to appear on Steam? Not necessarily. In fact, Steam could strengthen his security even more after this event. Nevertheless, these situations are a good memory that they can never be too careful on the Internet.
What to do when you played Piratefi
When you have installed Piratefi You should delete it as soon as possible on your PC. Steam recommends performing an antivirus scan on your computer to output potential malware and looking for a new software that you do not recognize: malware tends to install new programs and files that can be carried out in the background. So make sure that you uninstall everything you know that you didn’t install yourself.
You may also want to consider changing passwords on your accounts. While It is not necessary to change passwords regularlyThis malware may have received the passwords of your accounts, which endangers your accounts. Be particularly safe You may want to reorganize your PC– Although this is obviously the most intense solution.
Here, too, the encounter with malware on Steam is quite rare, but it is still worth taking care when downloading new titles in the shop. Check the pages for new games before installing them: See the pictures and the description to determine whether the game delivers what is advertised. It is important that reviews are checked: If there are too many negative ratings or too few reviews, it may be best to skip the title as a whole.
