I keep getting spam messages from friends

[N30nGr33n]

Hello everyone, lately I've kept getting spam messages from friends. People I know and talk to, NOT strangers. " Hi bro. PROMOCODE FOR $30: NEWYEAR2018 | https://mis******.com . Dont needed deposit for withdraw !" I asked them everytime I got it: "Why did you send that, I wont click it. I know it's a scam" And they usually reply with "Hey now I didn't send that". So what does that mean? My account got hijacked or do I have a virus? I have the Steam Authenticator and my CS:GO items are untradable. Should I change my pass or what should I do? I ignored them most of the time but now it's getting annoying. Thanks, any suggestions are appreciated!

p.s. I censored the link. It's most likely a scam or a virus.

[Acey]

1. Your friends are lying
2. Your friends may been "infected" with malware and are spreading those scam sites.

[999999999]

Tell them to scan their PCs with https://www.malwarebytes.com/ and to change their passwords.

[N30nGr33n]

Originally posted by Dark Ace:

1. Your friends are lying
2. Your friends may been "infected" with malware and are spreading those scam sites.

1. They might be. But what are the chances? Some are trustworthy
2. Maybe. Or the probably logged into some random csgo "trade" site or something

[N30nGr33n]

Originally posted by 999999999:

Tell them to scan their PCs with https://www.malwarebytes.com/ and to change their passwords.

I will tell them...

[999999999]

They did this...

Originally posted by NeonGreen :D | trade.tf:

2.Or the probably logged into some random csgo "trade" site or something

...on that site you mentioned...

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Complains about a scam csgo gambling site. But yet has a csgo scam gambling site in his name. Yup seems about right.

[999999999]

Originally posted by SnakeFist:

Complains about scam csgo gambling site. But yet has a csgo scam gambling site in his name. Yup seems about right.

TF2 trade site.

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Originally posted by 999999999:

Originally posted by SnakeFist:

Complains about scam csgo gambling site. But yet has a csgo scam gambling site in his name. Yup seems about right.

TF2 trade site.

Still a gambling site scam link. So i don't know what the link was for so sue me. I don't play childish games like csgo and tf2.

[76561198407601200]

Originally posted by SnakeFist:

Originally posted by 999999999:

TF2 trade site.

Still a gambling site scam link. So i don't know what the link was for so sue me. I don't play childish games like csgo and tf2.

*Sees sonic, bejewled, team fortress* yep, when you're right, you're right.....

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Originally posted by The Living Tribunal:

Originally posted by SnakeFist:

Still a gambling site scam link. So i don't know what the link was for so sue me. I don't play childish games like csgo and tf2.

*Sees sonic, bejewled, team fortress* yep, when you're right, you're right.....

I do let my kids play on my pc and have bought them games. And how is bejewled a childs game when alot of adults play puzzle games. I have never ran tf as that game with another game i bought for my kids. My kids may have as it got .5 hours in it but they must of not liked it.
Once my son turns 14 i will let him get a steam account buy them games for his account then remove them from my account as i think they are lame games. Maybe you should thing before you asume.

[SHINY GYARADOS]

yeah i clicked on the link that my friend sent me then now my account is sending it to all my friends. It's so weird and i dont know how to stop it.

[TheCake]

Originally posted by Dr. Sam Beckett:

Originally posted by 999999999:

TF2 trade site.

Still a gambling site scam link. So i don't know what the link was for so sue me. I don't play childish games like csgo and tf2.

well maybe you should -as an adult- behave like an adult. instead of claiming that these games are childish, "you should think before you assume" .I'm sad for your children with a father that has your attitude...

[Htiud47]

1 guy that sent me that said it was an accident
I reported n blocked him

[sfnhltb]

Originally posted by Dark Ace:

1. Your friends are lying
2. Your friends may been "infected" with malware and are spreading those scam sites.

If it is happening from a lot of different people it might be sensible to consider option 2 is reversed - instead of having a lot of friends infected with malware, it might be the OP that has the malware that makes it seem like they are getting messages from people on their friends list to make them more likely to be clicked.