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itsp0c0 Jan 13, 2015 @ 3:46pm

REMOVE ALL FORM OF BOTS!!

Bots are anoying, i mean some are good and help with trading but some bots are automatically adding random people and attacking them on steam, i put a ticket in earlier, the tech department said they would forward it.. i just wanna make sure the dev team read this and know what im saying. i have not added any one for the simple fact that when i have reported a bot, another one takes it's place and adds me. it's a struggle, please make it that bots are unusable or are to be verified as a trusted source before being allowed into steam please..

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supertrooper225 Jan 13, 2015 @ 4:14pm

This is a user forum. Only users read it. There is no way to get rid of all bots.

FFL2and3rocks Jan 13, 2015 @ 4:37pm

It's not as simple as just "removing" the bots. Steam has been adding restrictions to make it more difficult for the bots, and then the bots often find ways around them. It's a constant arms race.

Rogue Jedi Jan 13, 2015 @ 5:56pm

The bots are everywhere!

But seriously, if removing bots was simple, it probably already would have happened.

Last edited by Rogue Jedi; Jan 13, 2015 @ 5:57pm

itsp0c0 Jan 13, 2015 @ 10:57pm

Originally posted by supertrooper225:
This is a user forum. Only users read it. There is no way to get rid of all bots.

lol, i wanted to post this anyway.. i just find it so annoying to have to deal with them, there's always a way to do something, don't think for a moment anything's impossible.

Originally posted by FFL2and3rocks:
It's not as simple as just "removing" the bots. Steam has been adding restrictions to make it more difficult for the bots, and then the bots often find ways around them. It's a constant arms race.:dgwalker:

thats the issue, people coding off of steam's api to allow them to make bots that terrorise people's accounts, send links that take you to either viruses or another program that infects your computer and forwards the link to all your friends.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi:
:clunk:The bots are everywhere!:p2turret:

But seriously, if removing bots was simple, it probably already would have happened.

i guess you're right, but they'll get it done.. i know they will, if they don't who will, nobody other than them have access to or know what to fix to make everything as good as it was 5 years ago.

JD777 Jan 14, 2015 @ 12:38am

Some of these bots are posting links to png files that aren't png files and stealing other peoples accounts too so beware.I've been googling to see any new people getting these said links and trying to warn them on the off chance some might not know.

Liquidsnakehpks-joa Jan 14, 2015 @ 12:44am

it never stops these mad lv0 bots , already got 3 spam invites today

Black Blade Jan 14, 2015 @ 3:08am

Originally posted by JD777:
Some of these bots are posting links to png files that aren't png files and stealing other peoples accounts too so beware.I've been googling to see any new people getting these said links and trying to warn them on the off chance some might not know.

Nice work

@TheSouthernSanta

Impossible no, extremely hard, yap
The bots them self are made by users, not by bots, that then put the script and release the bots
Over all Valve can maybe make things to block that, but that will mean lots of pain to all users that are legit (like add captcha, to all things on Steam)

And Valve cant just go and delete an account, as you may just delete a legit account, also some of the bots are accounts of legit users that were stolen, or even sold..

There are how ever 2 ways that may really stop these:
1. stop all the trading, and close the market down, that will stop it, as no one will be able to steal anything worth
2. users learn the basic of internet risk, when that happen no one will fall, and it will stop as no worth will be to have by the bots, as users will not fall for them

itsp0c0 Jan 14, 2015 @ 3:49pm

Originally posted by Black Blade:
Impossible no, extremely hard, yap
The bots them self are made by users, not by bots, that then put the script and release the bots
Over all Valve can maybe make things to block that, but that will mean lots of pain to all users that are legit (like add captcha, to all things on Steam)

And Valve cant just go and delete an account, as you may just delete a legit account, also some of the bots are accounts of legit users that were stolen, or even sold..

There are how ever 2 ways that may really stop these:
1. stop all the trading, and close the market down, that will stop it, as no one will be able to steal anything worth
2. users learn the basic of internet risk, when that happen no one will fall, and it will stop as no worth will be to have by the bots, as users will not fall for them

i did just have an idea for them to track their ip and block their ip but they could just be using a proxy anyway. srsly.. one of the number 1 things you're taught at school is internet safety, so why is it that many people are either stupid believing in a link to trade or a link ot add a user who does not exist! those are viruses/malware.

Originally posted by Liquidsnakehpks-joa:
it never stops these mad lv0 bots , already got 3 spam invites today

i had a list of 10 invites or so, i just didn't wanna add anyone.

Originally posted by JD777:
Some of these bots are posting links to png files that aren't png files and stealing other peoples accounts too so beware.I've been googling to see any new people getting these said links and trying to warn them on the off chance some might not know.

not just this but the other day my friend had one of these links posted by his friend, he clicked on it and was warned by his friend.. they somehow know how to spam message everyone on your steam friends list. i have no idea what the thing did but the most part i know is that all his steam friends had that exact same link sent by him.

itsp0c0 Jan 14, 2015 @ 3:51pm

so far those accounts i had on my friend request list haven't been bugging me after i added them.. i think i have a solution to constant bots spamming messages.. if they think you're inactive they will stop sending constant friend requests.. this being.. IGNORE REQUESTS FOR A MONTH OR SO!! that might actually work

Black Blade Jan 14, 2015 @ 5:36pm

Originally posted by TheSouthernSanta:
i did just have an idea for them to track their ip and block their ip but they could just be using a proxy anyway. srsly.. one of the number 1 things you're taught at school is internet safety, so why is it that many people are either stupid believing in a link to trade or a link ot add a user who does not exist! those are viruses/malware.

IP blocks are useless, not only as of proxy, just for example i can change my IP in will, and someone else is likely to get my old IP.. so it will ban him?

Any how the common Phishing now is with malware, then all the stealing and spreading happens on the PC of the victim him self, and he pass it then over
(its like a zombie virus, only you have to allow the zombies to bite you, to be infected)

(thanks guys, that give me an idea

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Last edited by Black Blade; Jan 14, 2015 @ 5:37pm

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