Maximum Steam Account Security

[MaXXimus Maverick McClane]

What is the best way for maximum steam security for your account? Hope this doesn't sound like me being paranoid. Thanks for your help.

[Marble]

Use a unique password that contains a mixture of uppercase, lowercase, numbers and special characters. Make sure the Email account has an equally complex password but not the same. Enable Steamguard too. And of course, never give your login details to anyone. This will keep your account bulletproof.

[MaXXimus Maverick McClane]

Thanks for your help Canti.

[Spawn of Totoro]

To add to what Canti said.

Get an e-mail from a place that allows for a sms or similar security.

For example, gmail has an option that requires you to enter a code they text to your phone in order to access the e-mail account. If someone has your Steam and gmail log in and password, they still won't be able to access your accout because they don't have the code to your e-mail to get the code to get past Steam Guard.

[Clan Wolf]

he said maximum, apart from steam gaurd and a password mixed with uppercase, lowercase, numbers and special characters, the limit to steam client password length is 30 characters.

It would be 32 but logging via the browser it can't handle 32 just 30. As for password remembering, it's highly advised to keep all your accounts typed up on a text file and just copy and paste all login requirements.

It's not problem, loggin in is never a problem, it;s only a problem for those that can't grasp the idea of how easy it is too keep track of say 100 accounts because their worried it'll get stolen so they rather have fewer accounts and weaker passwords and so programmers know they can get into a majority of accounts because their all soo easy.


also if your wondering,

origin accounts max is 15
google accounts as far as i know is more than 32
hotmail is 16 - dont know if its longer
facebook is 15 - dont know if its longer

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Canti:

This will keep your account bulletproof.

No such thing.

Overall your info IS very helpful and u should follow such guidelines for anything that requires a login/password to help keep it harder to get into. Doesn't make it impossible though.


Aside from this, run frequent scans with security software to help keep your machine free of malicious software that could phish/keylog your login/account info. Aside from whatever antivirus software you use, manual scanners like Malwarebytes, Spybot, and SuperAntiSpyware (to name a few) are very helpful, and can usually catch things most other antivirus software do not.

Do not run as Admin user at all times. Use the main Admin account on your machine as a means of installing or configuring known trusted software/drivers. When running normally, use a secondary limited account that does not have full Admin access. This will greatly reduce the risk of malicious software to the OS.

[Satoru]

Functionally you should

Secure your email

1) Enable SteamGuard
2) Use Hotmail/yahoo/gmail
3) Link Google Authenticator to your email
4) Ensure your email password is complex and not reused anywhere on the internet

Secure your computer

1) Install anti-virus
2) Keep your OS fully patched

You are your own worst enemy

1) Be wary of phishing sites, because this is the #1 vector by which users get compromised

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You forgot, don't link Steam to Facebook ;)

Also if u look in your Steam Account Details now, they have sharing options, defaults might be set to Public/Web. U might want to change those.

[Marble]

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

You forgot, don't link Steam to Facebook ;)

How does that cause a problem?

[Kargor]

Also, malware in general includes things like keyloggers, which may or may not be interested in things that you type into your steam client and webbrowser. Passwords in particular.

No matter how good a password is, it's pretty worthless if someone basically watches you tryping it. Or, if you don't type it, retrieves it from whereever it's stored.

Thus, security pretty much starts by avoiding exposure to such threats: no "FreePorn.exe", no Spam-PDFs, no obscure "tools" that promise you to make your computer faster etc.

[Felix]

Originally posted by Canti:

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

You forgot, don't link Steam to Facebook ;)

How does that cause a problem?

It doesn't at all, as I'm sure you already know.

[MaXXimus Maverick McClane]

Originally posted by Satoru:

Functionally you should

Secure your email

1) Enable SteamGuard
2) Use Hotmail/yahoo/gmail
3) Link Google Authenticator to your email
4) Ensure your email password is complex and not reused anywhere on the internet

Secure your computer

1) Install anti-virus
2) Keep your OS fully patched

You are your own worst enemy

1) Be wary of phishing sites, because this is the #1 vector by which users get compromised

Thanks Satoru! I have follwed all those steps.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

Also if u look in your Steam Account Details now, they have sharing options, defaults might be set to Public/Web. U might want to change those.

That's privacy settings, not security ones.
There's no security improvement on making your profile/inventory private.

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No problem