Be cautious of PMs in steam! Malware contains .scr files. Bad!

[Montoya]

If you get a PM in steam, or a ever get a link with an .scr file extension, that is an executable file, same as an .exe. Click it and you got infected!

The story starts with a user getting a PM like this on steam:

See that dropbox URL with the Screenshot2.scr file? Thats the payload.

Read the full analysis here: https://debug.im/steam-malware/

 

[Phantomoftruth]

bumping for security reasons

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

TEST public service announcement BEST public service announcement.

 

[AstroSam]

Thanks for the warning!

 

[CosmicTrader]

Thanks for the info.

 

[FerethTheFox]

Wow I am glad this public service announcement was made. Always sucks to lose an account. I lost my first steam account to a scam when I was a young teen. Can personally say how much it absolutely sucks. I lost my favorite game of that time Counter Strike: Source.