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76561198439810558 Oct 30, 2017 @ 11:27pm

Self lock Question

Hi,

My another account was just been hacked and I lock it immediately.
Will hackers log in and play UN-VAC games? like PUBG or Rainbow six.
Thanks!

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Ves Oct 30, 2017 @ 11:36pm

Probebly Not.

Ves Oct 30, 2017 @ 11:36pm

If they have acces to your account tell steam support.

Ves Oct 30, 2017 @ 11:36pm

How do you know it was hacked?

Forcen Oct 30, 2017 @ 11:45pm

That's a good question...
The self lock tool should really do that, wonder if it does.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6416-FHVM-3982&l=
They don't mention it so maybe they didn't think about it or it's harder to stop. They would need to stop you from starting those games entirely probably.

You are working to get the account back right? When you get it back it should be self locked still right?
If it is then you should try and play those games online and see if you can while it's locked and report it back to this thread.

76561198439810558 Oct 30, 2017 @ 11:46pm

Originally posted by I got scammed:
How do you know it was hacked?

Hi, thanks for your response.
My account and my emailbox were hacked at the same time（they used similar password）
So rightnow I cannot log in my account.
When I said "Will", I meant “Can”.. Can they log in and play games?

The hackers are from China. I am pretty worried they will use my account to test their cheating tools.

76561198439810558 Oct 30, 2017 @ 11:50pm

Originally posted by Forcen:
That's a good question...
The self lock tool should really do that, wonder if it does.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6416-FHVM-3982&l=
They don't mention it so maybe they didn't think about it or it's harder to stop. They would need to stop you from starting those games entirely probably.

You are working to get the account back right? When you get it back it should be self locked still right?
If it is then you should try and play those games online and see if you can while it's locked and report it back to this thread.

I understood.
Maybe its because Valve developed VAC and other games uses other cheating-detect tool(like BattleEye) so it did not mention that.
However I do believe that if I self-lock my account, anyone cannot log in any more.

Thanks again! I will post after I get my account back.

Forcen Oct 30, 2017 @ 11:54pm

That link has a list of what your account can't do if it's self-locked, you and the hackers can still log in to it if they use the current password.
It doesn't lock people out from that, it lockes them from doing the things in the list only.

I would guess it doesn't stop pubg from being played.
Maybe they will change that if they see this

Last edited by Forcen; Oct 30, 2017 @ 11:55pm

76561198439810558 Oct 31, 2017 @ 12:02am

Originally posted by Forcen:
That link has a list of what your account can't do if it's self-locked, you and the hackers can still log in to it if they use the current password.
It doesn't lock people out from that, it lockes them from doing the things in the list only.

I would guess it doesn't stop pubg from being played.
Maybe they will change that if they see this

Of course they change the password, email and remove my cellphone number out of the account.