I just accidentally clicked on a phishing link.

[Капиппалист]

If there is weird activity on my profile contact Steam, that my account has been hijacked.

[Dylan]

ur good bro, just change ur password

[Капиппалист]

Originally posted by Demon:

ur good bro, just change ur password

I'm about to do that, if theirs weird activity on my account contact Valve that my account has been hijacked.

[B-o-B]

Originally posted by Courier:

Originally posted by Demon:

ur good bro, just change ur password

I'm about to do that, if theirs weird activity on my account contact Valve that my account has been hijacked.

Your account is Your responsibility.

[LowJack_VA1]

Originally posted by Courier:

Originally posted by Demon:

ur good bro, just change ur password

I'm about to do that, if theirs weird activity on my account contact Valve that my account has been hijacked.

How exactly are total strangers supposed to recognize 'weird activity' on your account? If something goes wrong contact Steam Support yourself.

[Aachen]

Originally posted by LowJack_VA1:

How exactly are total strangers supposed to recognize ‘weird activity’ on your account? ....

Would starting a thread like this where one typically doesn’t post, itself, constitute such?

[LowJack_VA1]

Originally posted by Aachen:

Originally posted by LowJack_VA1:

How exactly are total strangers supposed to recognize ‘weird activity’ on your account? ....

:spazdunno::rufusjoking: Would starting a thread like this where one typically doesn’t post, itself, constitute such?

Lol, I couldn't help but notice you ignored the more important part of my post...

[Капиппалист]

Originally posted by LowJack_VA1:

Originally posted by Aachen:

:spazdunno::rufusjoking: Would starting a thread like this where one typically doesn’t post, itself, constitute such?

Lol, I couldn't help but notice you ignored the more important part of my post...

Hmmmm good question, maybe if I send a link like saying free CSGO Skins and that?

[Капиппалист]

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/5955325cc6e199724557345472924a87f7bd3e2f01b8445793bb3d4084c6d7a7/detection

[LowJack_VA1]

Originally posted by Courier:

Originally posted by LowJack_VA1:

Lol, I couldn't help but notice you ignored the more important part of my post...

Hmmmm good question, maybe if I send a link like saying free CSGO Skins and that?

I wouldn't care less and I wouldn't click the link.

[Aachen]

Originally posted by LowJack_VA1:

Lol, I couldn't help but notice you ignored the more important part of my post...

O, sorry! I don’t mean to undercut such prudent advice; I trimmed it off as I had no comment thereüpon.

I don’t even have a reason that could gainsay you on that.

[ShelLuser]

Originally posted by Courier:

If there is weird activity on my profile contact Steam, that my account has been hijacked.

Clicking on a link is harmless. Actually trying to log on... that's the problem.

Even so, this is your own party and no one in the community can do anything here (other than maybe reporting you, but I see no reason why....).

[Insomnia]

Originally posted by ShelLuser:

Originally posted by Courier:

If there is weird activity on my profile contact Steam, that my account has been hijacked.

Clicking on a link is harmless. Actually trying to log on... that's the problem.

Even so, this is your own party and no one in the community can do anything here (other than maybe reporting you, but I see no reason why....).

Not true. Clicking on certain links can cause a virus without even trying to download something, Some websites can have scripts running in the background that infects a machine. Most of the Valve scams aren't as sophisticated as that though. Are you safe without entering details? probably but not always.

[BossGalaga]

Originally posted by Courier:

If there is weird activity on my profile contact Steam, that my account has been hijacked.

Read this. Check your account and make sure there are no API keys on it that you didn't put there yourself. If you don't know what an API key is, then you should not have any API keys on your account. If there are any keys when you check, then remove them.

PSA: Account Hijacking & Fake Trade/VAC bans 

A Guide for Dota 2

By: BossGalaga

What to do if your account has been hijacked.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Insomnia:

Originally posted by ShelLuser:

Clicking on a link is harmless. Actually trying to log on... that's the problem.

Even so, this is your own party and no one in the community can do anything here (other than maybe reporting you, but I see no reason why....).

Not true. Clicking on certain links can cause a virus without even trying to download something, Some websites can have scripts running in the background that infects a machine. Most of the Valve scams aren't as sophisticated as that though. Are you safe without entering details? probably but not always.

Drive-by infections exist, but in practice easily mitigated by keeping your browser up-to-date. And since that's on by default in every worthwhile browser, drive-by infections don't matter in practice.

[ShelLuser]

Originally posted by Insomnia:

Not true. Clicking on certain links can cause a virus without even trying to download something,

And what is that virus going to attack? At best the current browser, and... problem: there are dozens of browsers out there.

It's a non-issue, at best they can attack a browsers javascript engine but... then what? All modern OS's don't provide admin access to the users, it's not as if your browser can "just" infect system files, nonsense.

Computers can't get affected from merely visiting a website, at most your browser can run into issues. Simple solution: restart.