Yeah, happened with a friend as well. Fortunately, I'm not an idiot.
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Hijacking your reply so I can get this on the front page.
If you change your browser settings to make flash and java plugins a click-to-run thing, the chances of you getting hit by one of these things lowers considerably. Most use java run-by tactics to install things on your computer. I was linked to one of these things a few days ago and all I got was a big page with a java plugin asking to be run, nothing bad happened to me at all.
Scanned my computer multiple times to make sure, and I'm perfectly fine.
Here's an example of what a plugin asking to be run looks like in Chrome: imgur link
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I got them from a few friends as well, I ignored them.
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That's pretty scary. How are they posting with friend's accounts? Does that mean one of your friends clicked a phishing link?
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I have 3 friends on my friends list 2 are family. I'm good thanks.
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I got this message from three of my friends, today. Just say "No" to clicking on strange links.
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It´s all about our personal auto-click-mode...
If someone would send me one of those "hey bro" messages i always would be suspicious.
But if a person I nearly daily share links via steam-chat would write "Servus, schau mal des hat was notube.whatever=?stupidvideo" i'm in danger, cause my hand would be faster than my brain :-)
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Never. They're swimming in too much money to worry about this.
I mean clicking the "close window" button after a trade has been broken for probably at least 3 months now.
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If you don't expect anything, you don't get disappointed, and the more you do for others the more they will expect from you.
in short, NEVER
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So valve is supposed to fix this? I think not.
This whole issue stems from people who are either dumb enough or just ignorant enough to get their computers infected or their personal information stolen, which allows hackers or malware to worm their way into their steam accounts.
I mean, unless valve can develop the IGNORANCE-BE-GONE-INATOR, and fire it from their roof at the population of the world, this isn't really a problem valve can solve, nor one they should be expected to.
In short, don't click links. If my friends want me to see something, they will tell me what it is they want me to see, and where I should go to see it, for just this reason.
Don't keep friends on your friends list forever. If you haven't spoken to a person on your FL for a month, it's time to delete him/her.
Don't accept friend requests from people you don't know. For one thing, that's how you get DDOSed. (Hackers can get games to give up your IP if the hackers are "friends" with you.)
And for the love of all that is good and holy, keep your anti-virus up to date.
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Some guy tried to phish my account today.
He said something like "Dude, check this out: (random link that ended in png), it's awesome, I don't know why some people are saying you shouldn't click png files".
My reaction: Report, block, and unfriend.
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This phishing problems are getting pretty bad...
Nunca reveles tu contraseña a nadie.
Old friend from my friendlist: hi bro see this ahahah hxxp://wxyz.com/screenshot888.xxx
xxxxx: png from some phishing site....
Shamat: Phishing sites from you buddy? I thought you were a good friend. But its not the first time Im wrong.
http://cdn.steamcommunity.com/economy/emoticon/rshocked
Old friend from my friendlist: Don't
Old friend from my friendlist:Don't lcick it
Old friend from my friendlist:That's not me
Old friend from my friendlist: don't
Shamat: I dont... But then someone is taking control over you steam account... Run your antivirus, and change your steam credentials.
Watch out friends... Now phishing links coming from old friends in your friend list.... Never click any suspectful links, even if them come from old friends... Im shocked.... :-(
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