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NEW HACK or loop hole in steam
I and 5-7 other members were hacked by the same person all on the same day in a short amount of time. I DO NOT click on any links not even group events, I do not play F2p games, I do not use any 3rd party sites and have more protection on my network and system then 90% of steam users. Long story short the guy stole around $250 in skins and a knife from me and another $2,000-$3,000 of items from other people and he is still doing it. I was able to track down what was on my system after losing my items i had a Inject exe trojan horse in my steam folder which was created at the same time as my update on the 28th and i was then hacked on the 28th. I had to do a total factory reset just to be safe, but before i did Steam did another update and the file was gone from quarantine, what is up with that? I am just trying to warn people about this new hacking method, the person was in my e-mail and even opted out of my e-mail verification. It was a good thing that i caught it after only being away for 30 seconds and auto changed all passeords using my encryption software which i have no idea how he got past my 3 protection programs which have military grade firewalls and password encryption. I never worried about hackers because i know how they use phishing and key logging and try to get you to click on links. I did nothing and did not download or click any links so how did this happen?
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Satoru May 31, 2015 @ 2:16pm 
Firstly the trojan is a red herring. It sounds more like your anti-virus got carried away with its heuristics, when was cleaned up once the anti-virus was updated.

You were likely phished or something. That's the most likely and logical explanation.

Encryption and firewalls only protect data. They don't protect your system from what is essentially the main problem with security.

You.

People are the weakest link. You bandy about 'encryption' despite the fact that 'encryption' is utterly meaningless locally with respect to attacks on your credentials. You talk about firewalls despite the fact that no actual 'hacking' on steam is that sophisticated to punch through your firewall.
Last edited by Satoru; May 31, 2015 @ 2:20pm
J4MESOX4D May 31, 2015 @ 2:19pm 
You clearly downloaded something by clicking a malicious link. The 'loophole' is down to you and not Steam. If you and others were all hacked on the same day by the same person; you all must have unwittingly clicked on something. Phishing material/Malware can only be downloaded to a users PC to work.

Also; try and use a top-end anti-virus that can track and scan files before any are downloaded.
Last edited by J4MESOX4D; May 31, 2015 @ 2:23pm
http://www.ip-tracker.org/locator/ip-lookup.php?ip=91.204.252.147

this is where it came from, i have not downloaded anything since TS3 6 months ago and again i do not click on any links also i use AVG data safe and keep all my stuff in there. My network password changes every 50ms
i have the ability to track ip addresses and it came through with a steam update which was implemented on the 28th when i logged in
The Giving One May 31, 2015 @ 2:25pm 
AVG is garbage. Please use paragraphs in the future, or fix it now....this is soooo hard to read and follow.
Last edited by The Giving One; May 31, 2015 @ 2:26pm
on the 28th it was reported that over 1 million USD in items were hijacked in a 4 hour period, thats just horrible. I am just trying to warn people that are safe like me that they can get into anybodies ip address and they have a new BOT system also
Tev May 31, 2015 @ 2:28pm 
Where was it reported? Source, please.
Satoru May 31, 2015 @ 2:28pm 
That only proves where the attacker is. That doesnt prove the update magically came from steam for a russian hacker? Please.

Plus changing your 'network password' every 50ms? You seem to really not actually understand security protocols. AVG Data safe is simply an encryption package. Which again has ABSOLUTELY ZERO to do with intrusion security.

You seem to have a lot of fancy tools, yet have no idea how to actually use them.
Last edited by Satoru; May 31, 2015 @ 2:29pm
Have AVG ultimate MCafee total and a military grade program that must remain un-named due to it is not available to the public
J4MESOX4D May 31, 2015 @ 2:28pm 
Originally posted by ۞ TTM~MarkieBakesMorre™ ۞:
i have the ability to track ip addresses and it came through with a steam update which was implemented on the 28th when i logged in
AVG is rubbish - I used to run that and it was loaded with false-positives every time I did a Steam update. As Satoru said; it's a red herring and you were phished some other way. Steam updates do not contain Malware and if they did; tens/hundreds of thousands of users would all experience the same thing. It has never happened and it never ever will.
Tev May 31, 2015 @ 2:29pm 
Originally posted by ۞ TTM~MarkieBakesMorre™ ۞:
Have AVG ultimate MCafee total and a military grade program that must remain un-named due to it is not available to the public
Yet, you were hijacked.

So let's stop this 'military grade' stuff now.
Satoru May 31, 2015 @ 2:30pm 
Originally posted by ۞ TTM~MarkieBakesMorre™ ۞:
Have AVG ultimate MCafee total and a military grade program that must remain un-named due to it is not available to the public

......

THREE anti-virus products? Really? There's a reason no one does that.

May I suggest you figure out what the tools actually do before blindly installing stuff you apparently have no idea how to use. And then blame Steam for some magical 'hack' that you can't actually prove happened.
Last edited by Satoru; May 31, 2015 @ 2:30pm
it was a Inject.exe again not a red herring
if you use the good parts of each program they work great together, just have to tweak all your settings
wuddih May 31, 2015 @ 2:31pm 
Originally posted by ۞ TTM~MarkieBakesMorre™ ۞:
Have AVG ultimate MCafee total and a military grade program that must remain un-named due to it is not available to the public
you are talking garbage.
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Date Posted: May 31, 2015 @ 2:11pm
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