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Valve removes free game from Steam after players discover it contains malware

https://www.pcguide.com/news/valve-removes-free-horror-game-from-steam-after-players-discover-it-contains-malware-that-steals-your-data/
30•gpi•55m ago

Comments

cassianoleal•44m ago
What about all the other games with malware, like Denuvo and similar?
giancarlostoro•12m ago
I recommend installing Linux. If it wont play on Linux even with Proton, you shouldn't give them a single penny.
gorgmah•36m ago
This is bound to become more and more pervasive, with supply chain attacks happening extremely frequently now. My cooleagues and me almost got caught in the latest Shai-Hulud attack due to some tanstack packages. Noone is safe now.
qskousen•2m ago
Not sure if it was a typo or not but "colleagues" is a great word, I'm going to start using it.
herpdyderp•32m ago
And yet games like Subnautica 2 do similar things and nobody stops them because it’s in the EULA.
butvacuum•16m ago
Next up in Kim's ChatGPT History: "How to buy sockpuppets?"
skinfaxi•9m ago
Not for nothing but have we all forgotten the sony rootkit? Actually, that would be a perfect front. Start a game company backed by a nation state, put in rootkit anti-cheat, profit.
Cthulhu_•2m ago
Exactly because it's known - malware is only considered malware if you install it without knowing about it.

But if you know about it you have a choice not to buy / install it, like with games like Subnautica 2.

Frieren•31m ago
> However, someone reportedly hijacked the developer’s Steam account and quickly transformed it into Beyond The Dark – changing its name, screenshots, and other store details. As Steam does not fully verify every patch made to a game, the modified version was reportedly able to go live without raising immediate red flags.

It is interesting that it seems to easier to take over a legit game than trying to create a new one. I have seen this with youtube channels, inactive during a long period of time and suddenly showing mostly scams. Or the original owner became a criminal, or more probably were taken over criminals.

> The malware allegedly searched for cryptocurrency wallet browser extensions, including MetaMask, before connecting to external servers and downloading additional tools. These tools were reportedly capable of stealing browser information, passwords, and cryptocurrency wallet data.

Cryptocurrencies are the most insecure currency that we have even invented. It is paradoxical that is being marketed as actually safe.

ChoGGi•14m ago
Huh. There is the occasional paid game on steam that has a 100% off deal. Guess it's time to start being suspicion of those as well.

I'm thinking of the scenario where the original devs sell the game rights off since sales are bottomed out.

dude250711•7m ago
I am starting to think that perhaps their fee is not entirely justified.
2OEH8eoCRo0•7m ago
Surprised this or malicious games and updates hasn't happened sooner.
galad87•2m ago
Games are an almost perfect type of software to be run in a sandbox. The question is, why aren't they already run in a sandbox?

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