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TheFoun Jan 21, 2017 @ 9:10am

Last edited by TheFoun; Jan 24, 2021 @ 2:11am

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Forcen Jan 21, 2017 @ 9:22am

Probably remote access malware, scan your pc with http://malwarebytes.org/
Or someone installed a keylogger on the school computers. They could have gotten your email and steam passwords easily.

Have you got any links with "images" recently?

Did you get any emails confirming the market purchases?

Do you log into your email at the school PCs? Is your email and steam password the same?
Checked login history for your email?

Check if some website you used got hacked recently.

Don't sign into public computers if you can avoid it and if you have to use steam mobile authenticator and/or 2factor auth on your email.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8625-WRAH-9030
https://twofactorauth.org/#email

Steam guard is useless from protecting you against keyloggers if you also sign in to your email on that same PC.

TheFoun Jan 21, 2017 @ 9:33am

Originally posted by 󠀠:
Originally posted by TheFoun:
only place I have my steam is my home computer and two school computers, all of those computers are lock with a password, and you also need my steam password to log in

Looked with passwords how? As in school computer user log in password? Are you sure your PW was not saved in Steam BPM? It seems that people can easily access multiple Steam accounts if the password was saved for each account in BPM.

not sure what BPM and PW mean, please explain

Forcen Jan 21, 2017 @ 9:35am

Did you log in to your email and steam on the same public computer?
Can anyone log in to your email if they have your email and password?

If you said yes both questions then that is probably how this started.
Keylogger got both passwords and could log in anywhere and do everything on your steam account.

Is there no hold on buying on the market?

Last edited by Forcen; Jan 21, 2017 @ 9:37am

mimizukari Jan 21, 2017 @ 9:39am

Sounds like you left it on at school by accident, Never log onto your steam account from a computer that you aren't the only one who uses.

TheFoun Jan 21, 2017 @ 9:44am

ok, I dont use big picture, no one alse has logged into my mail, it was only me, last time I have logged in my email was three days ago and today, and all of that from my IP, my account on my school pc is protected by password, you cant acces my steam account or my mail account with that pc without knowing the password

mimizukari Jan 21, 2017 @ 9:45am

Originally posted by TheFoun:
ok, I dont use big picture, no one alse has logged into my mail, it was only me, last time I have logged in my email was three days ago and today, and all of that from my IP, my account on my school pc is protected by password, you cant acces my steam account or my mail account with that pc without knowing the password

do you know how easy it is to break the password of a computer like that? a kid just has to bring a usb drive in and boot from the usb and override the password using software.

Forcen Jan 21, 2017 @ 9:47am

You didn't say if you logged into your email on the school PC but it sounds like you did.

Your email can be keylogged even if the PC is passworded.

Maybe they did it a week ago logged into steam then and waited.

TheFoun Jan 21, 2017 @ 9:50am

I was logged into my email, but one purchase was made at 3AM, I didnt get mail about logging from different IP and there is just no way someone in my school has logged into my steam account at 3AM weekend day

Forcen Jan 21, 2017 @ 9:56am

Originally posted by TheFoun:
I was logged into my email, but one purchase was made at 3AM, I didnt get mail about logging from different IP and there is just no way someone in my school has logged into my steam account at 3AM weekend day

Maybe they log into your emails a week ago and then to your steam account and deleted the email they got for logging in.

Boom, now they have a steam client where you are logged in. Can be used anytime from whatever pc they used then.
On their PC for example.

The school pc was just used to get your passwords once.

EDIT: Guy above me, maybe email valve about this here: http://www.valvesoftware.com/security/

Last edited by Forcen; Jan 21, 2017 @ 9:57am

TheFoun Jan 21, 2017 @ 10:56am

But I didn't save my password there, also I don't use big picture mode, it isn't necessary, I used it like twice, and that was in my old computer that I don't use anymore

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StickyPawz Jan 21, 2017 @ 11:10am

School computers are public and unsecured. You have no control over what's been installed.

My money is that's where someone gained access to your login/password for steam.

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