I just clicked a link on accident and it downloaded something, how can I get rid of it before it screws up anything?

[yourking77]

help

[Utage]

Run a full antivirus scan, with Malwarebytes and/or whatever antivirus you're using, and check your installed programs for anything that looks shady.

[yourking77]

Originally posted by Utage:

Run a full antivirus scan, with Malwarebytes and/or whatever antivirus you're using, and check your installed programs for anything that looks shady.

thanks for the fast reply I already started a virus scan asap, i clicked it on accident and as soon as i did it was to late, checking the installed programs is a good idea though

[Utage]

Originally posted by yourking77:

Originally posted by Utage:

Run a full antivirus scan, with Malwarebytes and/or whatever antivirus you're using, and check your installed programs for anything that looks shady.

thanks for the fast reply I already started a virus scan asap, i clicked it on accident and as soon as i did it was to late, checking the installed programs is a good idea though

Did the sender of the link say something about checking out an image by any chance? If so, you might have gotten that phishing link that's been going around. Might be a good idea to lock your account for a time if that's the case.

[yourking77]

Originally posted by Utage:

Originally posted by yourking77:

thanks for the fast reply I already started a virus scan asap, i clicked it on accident and as soon as i did it was to late, checking the installed programs is a good idea though

Did the sender of the link say something about checking out an image by any chance? If so, you might have gotten that phishing link that's been going around. Might be a good idea to lock your account for a time if that's the case.

yeah that is what it is, how can I prevent any damage from being done to my pc and my steam account

[yourking77]

Originally posted by Utage:

Originally posted by yourking77:

thanks for the fast reply I already started a virus scan asap, i clicked it on accident and as soon as i did it was to late, checking the installed programs is a good idea though

Did the sender of the link say something about checking out an image by any chance? If so, you might have gotten that phishing link that's been going around. Might be a good idea to lock your account for a time if that's the case.

also what do you mean by lock my account?

[Utage]

Originally posted by yourking77:

Originally posted by Utage:

Did the sender of the link say something about checking out an image by any chance? If so, you might have gotten that phishing link that's been going around. Might be a good idea to lock your account for a time if that's the case.

yeah that is what it is, how can I prevent any damage from being done to my pc and my steam account

It probably won't do anything to your PC, ignore what I said about locking your account; it can take weeks to hear back from support if you want it unlocked.

Instead, post a status and tell your friends not to click any links you send. Also change your password. If the antivirus doesn't pick anything up you should be okay.
I apologize, this phishing method is still pretty new, so my knowledge about it is pretty limited.

[Mattio]

While you do your scans, change your passwords from another device that you know is safe. I'd personally change email passwords too and pretty much any account of any kind which you may have auto logins or saved passwords. Best to be safe.

[yourking77]

Originally posted by Mattio:

While you do your scans, change your passwords from another device that you know is safe. I'd personally change email passwords too and pretty much any account of any kind which you may have auto logins or saved passwords. Best to be safe.

I was already in the middle of doing that, unfortanately my pc is the only one in the house and i think i will have a hard time changing passwords on my ipad.

[Mattio]

Originally posted by yourking77:

I was already in the middle of doing that, unfortanately my pc is the only one in the house and i think i will have a hard time changing passwords on my ipad.

Well i'd make sure you change the passwords after you are sure the PC is clean, as changing now could be useless. If the PC is still infected it could be just grabbing the new information.

[TirithRR]

Originally posted by yourking77:

Originally posted by Mattio:

While you do your scans, change your passwords from another device that you know is safe. I'd personally change email passwords too and pretty much any account of any kind which you may have auto logins or saved passwords. Best to be safe.

I was already in the middle of doing that, unfortanately my pc is the only one in the house and i think i will have a hard time changing passwords on my ipad.

You really shouldn't let anyone else use that PC until you clean it properly. Who knows what that virus might do to the accounts (maybe even non Steam accounts) of the other people in your house.

[yourking77]

Originally posted by Mattio:

Originally posted by yourking77:

I was already in the middle of doing that, unfortanately my pc is the only one in the house and i think i will have a hard time changing passwords on my ipad.

Well i'd make sure you change the passwords after you are sure the PC is clean, as changing now could be useless. If the PC is still infected it could be just grabbing the new information.

I will manage to change it on my ipad it will just take longer than it should, but it is faster than waiting for my pc to do a virus scan.

[yourking77]

Originally posted by TirithRR:

Originally posted by yourking77:

I was already in the middle of doing that, unfortanately my pc is the only one in the house and i think i will have a hard time changing passwords on my ipad.

You really shouldn't let anyone else use that PC until you clean it properly. Who knows what that virus might do to the accounts (maybe even non Steam accounts) of the other people in your house.

It is my personal computer nobody else uses it, so i am the only one to blame and as long as nobody steals my games i dont really care, i dont have a credit card or that many cards and i cant think of any other damage they can do since all i do on my computer is play steam games. I think it is dispicable that people resort to this rather than just get a job and get their own games, if they are going to steal games atleast pirate them dont take your own failure out on other people. anyway I think everything will be fine thanks for the help guys. more answers would still be appreciated if there is anything else i can do though.

[TirithRR]

They aren't after your games, or any games. They are after your account for any items and money it may have that they can steal and sell for a profit. And then use your account to spam the links to others, so they can do the same for them.

These people are all about making money, not playing or getting games.

[yourking77]

Originally posted by TirithRR:

They aren't after your games, or any games. They are after your account for any items and money it may have that they can steal and sell for a profit. And then use your account to spam the links to others, so they can do the same for them.

These people are all about making money, not playing or getting games.

They are still total ♥♥♥♥♥. either way they wasted my time for about 40 cents that they will probably not even get.

[TirithRR]

Ya, but they don't care about wasting your time. That means nothing to them. And it doesn't waste their time, cause their system is nearly 100% automated and self perpetuating. It's almost free money, fueled by the uninformed and foolish that exist all over the internet.

These groups target everything dealing with online gaming. And of course they document the username and password combinations they find and compile them and sell/distribute them to other groups.

So now your username, password, and likely email, are all documented with these groups. Any account that shared any of those pieces of info is now potentially compromised as well.