wirus? warning about weird link - auto message

[Boogieman]

DO NOT OPEN THIS LINK/FILE - if u get this from ur friend
"Hey, Imagine, knocked this item http://picturs4you.com/-----------.jpg "
its not exactly same link - i cut some letters so it wont open
When u run this - it will automaticly spam this message to all ppl from ur friend list. Does anyone know if it does anythin more? Or is it just prank that spams?

Sry if i wrote in wrong category.

[Misha Arsellec Lune]

How about you just don't post the link?
How about that?

[Boogieman]

i could but im hopin steam programmers will take it apart or somthin and see what can they do to block things like that - link is for them

[crunchyfrog]

For the love of Pete.... DON'T POST THE LINK! Please remove it - people WILL click on it. They can't if you don't provide it.

And this is somewhat old news now - check the forums here. I've personally had to deal with around 50 of these so far from Friday last week.

So, yes it's a phishing attack.

For everyone's benefit:
NEVER EVER click on links and ONLY EVER trade something when it fits in a SINGLE OFFICIAL trade window.

[Misha Arsellec Lune]

If that's what you wanted, you would've used the report function or contact support.
Instead, you're posting it in a public forum, because that makes so much sense.

[crunchyfrog]

Boogieman eredeti hozzászólása:

i could but im hopin steam programmers will take it apart or somthin and see what can they do to block things like that - link is for them

Please remove it - it serves no purpose here, and is dangerous (and against the rules).

It serves no purpose because:
- This is a user only forum
- It is already widely known about (always search the forums before posting)
- Valve most likely can't do a lot about it, It entirely depends on the user's naivety

[Boogieman]

kk i edited it so it wont open - cuted some letter from addres still i would be happy to know some more abut this thing - and i didnt find anythin on it

[crunchyfrog]

Boogieman eredeti hozzászólása:

kk i edited it so it wont open - cuted some letter from addres still i would be happy to know some more abut this thing - and i didnt find anythin on it

Then search a little harder - try with "help I've been hacked" style threads or "I've lost access to my account" or "my items have been stolen".

If you can't find them then, frankly you need an eye test asap :)