Random people in Friend list

[Delta.Fixer]

For some reason, every few days I find new people added to my Friend list. Totally unknown people. I don't get any kind of Friend invite or whatever, they just suddenly appear in my Friend list. Steam application is installed only on my laptop, nobody uses it except me. (When I look on Steam through web browser on foreign PC I never sign on.)

Is there any way how to prevent random people getting added to my Friend list without my permission? If it happened once or twice I would not bother, but now it is kind annoying.

[crunchyfrog]

Firstly, are you absolutely sure this is the case? It could easily be those are NOT new people but existing friends who have just changed their profile name (especially if you have a number of friends as it's hard to keep track of).

But if you're confident this is not the case, and the number is actually going up, and there's other indicators, then it could be someone else has access to your account. I'd recommend you start doing some scan with your AV suite and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.

Once it comes back clean - and ONLY then - change your passwords for Steam and your email associated with it.

Then see how you get on.

[Hextravert]

Are you sure that those random people haven't simply changed their names recently

Steam users getting added without your permission sure seems annoying. If it's really as you say it is, there is obviously no official way to prevent it.

What you could do is max out your friends list. There is no way in hell anyone could bypass the limit (I usually keep mine @ 305/305). Keeping it maxed out is a good way to stop unwanted invitations altogether.

Originally posted by Delta.Fixer:

For some reason, every few days I find new people added to my Friend list. Totally unknown people. I don't get any kind of Friend invite or whatever, they just suddenly appear in my Friend list. Steam application is installed only on my laptop, nobody uses it except me. (When I look on Steam through web browser on foreign PC I never sign on.)

Is there any way how to prevent random people getting added to my Friend list without my permission? If it happened once or twice I would not bother, but now it is kind annoying.

[Delta.Fixer]

I have 6 stable friends with added nicknames to prevent confusion so yes, I am certain there are new people popping in. I have never been signed out because someone used the account on other computer so I am pretty sure no one else has access to it.

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by Delta.Fixer:

I have 6 stable friends with added nicknames to prevent confusion so yes, I am certain there are new people popping in. I have never been signed out because someone used the account on other computer so I am pretty sure no one else has access to it.

Thought I'd check as this is a common result of thinking you've got new friends :)

If it's that low, then it's pretty clear, but I have to say short of the scans I suggested, I really don't know what else to suggest. I've never heard of anything like this, and can't begin to fathom how it can have happened, aside from the "someone else has access", or whether you've inadvertently installed some malware at some point.

Sorry. But I would reiterate runnning some scans to exclude the possibilty.

[Amarian]

Oh look an idiotic troll attention thread..

[Smoke a dope in a rope]

Cool

[THE PATH: Book of Snus]

This happened to me about a year ago too, someone I'd never heard of came online, he said ''Hi I'm an 18 yr old guy'' I responded ''Who are you? How did you get in my friendslist?'' He responded ''Is it important? :)'' I got so scared I factory reset my PC because I was afraid I had malware, but nothing has happened since then. I think someone may have found a loophole in Steam.

(oh, and I checked Aliases, he had no other names before his current.)

[Xianas]

This has also been happening to me in the last couple months! At first I thought I was crazy, but after keeping closer track of my friends list and changing my password and account details, I definitely have been getting new friends on my list without adding them. They haven't just changed their names too, as their aliases are people I've never added too, not to mention I've only ever added close friends to my list.

[CodeDJ]

This sometimes happens when you sell a steam game or buy a steam game from third party websites. when you buy a steam gift code it will have who bought the "gift for you and would you like to add them" and if you click o the button you go straight into thier friends list.

[yuumi]

This is happening to me also, and I check their previous names just to be sure, I do notice that these people play games in common with games I play, but it's annoying as ♥♥♥♥ seeing as Im only lvl 9 on steam and random people are just getting added to my limited friends list

[yuumi]

I've come to the solution that somebody else has my account and is bouta get dey ass whooped .... bruh they could even be readin this since im subsribed... ♥♥♥♥♥ u wan fite?