Accidentally clicked a fake steam link

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bakamitai Mar 11, 2014 @ 7:25am

I accidentally clicked on a fake steam link, google chrome popped up and said something like it has blocked the website or something like that I immediately cancelled it after that and changed both my email password and my steam password. Will my steam account be okay?

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spoof Mar 11, 2014 @ 7:28am

clicking it cant harm your account unless you login to it.

changing passwords is a good reaction.

Last edited by spoof; Mar 11, 2014 @ 7:29am

bakamitai Mar 11, 2014 @ 7:31am

I clicked on it and google chrome popped up saying " Google chrome has blocked access to this page... " Somemthing like that. After I read that, I immediately closed that tab.

spoof Mar 11, 2014 @ 7:32am

you are fine.

changing passwords is good but also a good malware scan to put your mind at rest.

malwarebytes the free version is good.
do a quick scan and skip the pro trial.
https://www.malwarebytes.org/

Forcen Mar 11, 2014 @ 7:32am

Originally posted by Butters Stotch:
I clicked on it and google chrome popped up saying " Google chrome has blocked access to this page... " Somemthing like that. After I read that, I immediately closed that tab.

Great job, next time read the adress of the link first.
If you had used internet explorer you would not have been warned, so you got lucky.

Also if it opens outside of the steam client, it is not a steam website.

Last edited by Forcen; Mar 11, 2014 @ 7:34am

bakamitai Mar 11, 2014 @ 7:34am

Hope I don't get hacked man. About 4-5 years ago, I too clciked on some link WITHOUT logging in to my steam and it got hacked. My luck lol.

bakamitai Mar 11, 2014 @ 7:35am

I once clicked on a link and ended up getting hacked without even logging into my steam account on that website*

spoof Mar 11, 2014 @ 7:35am

nah that did not happen :)
steam accounts just dont get hacked.

bakamitai Mar 11, 2014 @ 7:36am

No idea how they hacked my steam account but both my email and steam password were changed zz

spoof Mar 11, 2014 @ 7:41am

nobody in his right mind would hack steam accounts when users also give them away when you ask.

and if it was real hacking we would all know about it I think it would happen to all of us.

just keep reading about the subject when you undertstand it all its easy to keep your accounts.

Last edited by spoof; Mar 11, 2014 @ 7:42am

bnuuy Mar 11, 2014 @ 8:24am

Originally posted by spoof:
nah that did not happen :)
steam accounts just dont get hacked.

Chances are he could have gotten a virus from the website itself when his account got hacked, although since Chrome blocked the website this time he's likely safe.

Last edited by bnuuy; Mar 11, 2014 @ 8:28am

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