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    Steam Phishing Scam - Beware

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HTWingNut, Nov 18, 2014.

  1. HTWingNut

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    Apparently there's a phishing scam going on that says to click on a link to an image at prtn-screen dot com:

    Don't click on it. It will take all your items in your inventory, and who knows what else. And then it will send the message to all those in your friends list. Apparently you have to actually download and run the file it takes you to, but many users just blindly run those things anyhow.

    If you have any decent malware/anti-virus it should flag it. Beware.

    Here's an image of the message you can get.

    [​IMG]
     
    HTWingNut, Nov 18, 2014
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    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Does UAC give you any warning when you try to run it.

    Thanks for the heads-up!
     
    killkenny1, Nov 18, 2014
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    I didn't run the program, but my bitdefender antivirus threw up a flag that it was a known phishing scam when I clicked the link. I figured it was just an image (png file) but was more than that.
     
    HTWingNut, Nov 18, 2014
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    nipsen Notebook Ditty

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    So.. is there a way to use the automatic login thing to automatically get the new site approved, or something like that..?
     
    nipsen, Nov 18, 2014
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  5. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    well, never click on any link on any email / chat for that matter, check where it is connecting first

    mywebsite

    doesn't mean I own google :)
     
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    Problem is it comes as a chat message from someone on your friend list that points to an image. Usually pretty safe.
     
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    D2 Ultima Livestreaming Master

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    When someone does something like that that's out of the ordinary I ask them what it is. If they go offline or don't reply then I don't click it. If I don't see em for a couple days I remove them afterward.
     
    D2 Ultima, Nov 18, 2014
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