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SpaceJoker Jul 30, 2017 @ 6:27am

Is steam a virus

Help I know that steam is not a virus because I have been using I for 2 years and I have 60 games and my dad on the other hand thinks it is so guys can you give some evidence that steam is not a virus so I can show my dad he will let me use the steam service and lately my dad blames me on viruses because of steam but it is some of his programs not mine so help give me evidence to prove that steam is not a virus in the first place thanks

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Honda Civic 2006 Jul 30, 2017 @ 6:27am

Steam is not a virus, there's really no need for explanation.

Last edited by Honda Civic 2006; Jul 30, 2017 @ 6:28am

SpaceJoker Jul 30, 2017 @ 6:29am

Thanks

SpaceJoker Jul 30, 2017 @ 6:29am

I jus need enough people to tell me so I can use steam

Blast Jul 30, 2017 @ 6:30am

You could show your dad, how many active users steam has.

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

A no-brainer Jul 30, 2017 @ 6:49am

Steam is owned by a very big, official company called Valve: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation

SpaceJoker Jul 30, 2017 @ 6:54am

He knows that because he has a friend that works for valve but he doesn't know why his computer is running like crap

SpaceJoker Jul 30, 2017 @ 6:55am

Even tough it is his fault

A no-brainer Jul 30, 2017 @ 7:00am

Does it matter who brought the virus on the PC? I would fokus on getting rid of them instead. Maybe you get the knowledge to do that and the PC will run better again?

Edit: and yes, people who click on every link that their Steam "friends" show them, can get a lot of malware and keylogger and virus software, but so can people who surf stupid websites and click on every email attachment

Last edited by A no-brainer; Jul 30, 2017 @ 7:03am

Kacho Jul 30, 2017 @ 8:04am

honestly the only way steam would "have a virus" is if anyone downloaded a game that had an external download available, but then again steam would use these GIANT letters , warning you're about to goto an external site.
ive had steam for a hell of a long time, and have waaaay to many games. used about every virus protector through the years -now i stick with kaspersky- and i will say Steam Does Not and Will Not contain any virus. HOWEVER, the community profiles and such might try to collect data because they ARE NOT STEAM, so just watch who sends you friend requests and group invites.

J4MESOX4D Jul 30, 2017 @ 8:39am

Originally posted by Olk:
He knows that because he has a friend that works for valve but he doesn't know why his computer is running like crap

Funny how all these PC 'experts' have friends that work for Valve or Microsoft but seem to lack the most basic capatcity of understanding the simplest things.

Steam is not a virus; it's an online shop and platform. Viruses all all over the internet and it is impossible to pinpoint where they stem from when users online activity is unknown. We don't even know what anti-virus and anti-malware protections you have on the device if any at all.

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