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General discussionSteam helping to deploy malware.(7 posts)(7 posts)
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Posted February 14, 2022
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This came up on the nme of all places.It's another reason not to trust people who say that virus alerts in games or updates are aRe jUsT teH Flase Positieeeeevs or that gog galaxy flaw.

Someone allegedly took some mods for Cities: Skylines then repacked or modified them including malware which then interfered with other mods including accessing users steamIDs to aid that.
It then goes on to claim that it could allow them to download harmful material straight to the users PC.
Valve has removed several of the mods that feed into the automatic updater, and banned the latest account of the modder, which went by the name Holy Water. The original account – Chaos – was previously banned for doxxing other members of the community. However, by this point there were around 35,000 downloads for Chaos’ mods – and it’s likely that the real number is even higher.
https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/valve-bans-cities-skylines-modder-after-discovery-of-major-malware-risk-3159709
Posted February 15, 2022
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§pec†re: This came up on the nme of all places.It's another reason not to trust people who say that virus alerts in games or updates are aRe jUsT teH Flase Positieeeeevs or that gog galaxy flaw.

Someone allegedly took some mods for Cities: Skylines then repacked or modified them including malware which then interfered with other mods including accessing users steamIDs to aid that.
It then goes on to claim that it could allow them to download harmful material straight to the users PC.

Valve has removed several of the mods that feed into the automatic updater, and banned the latest account of the modder, which went by the name Holy Water. The original account – Chaos – was previously banned for doxxing other members of the community. However, by this point there were around 35,000 downloads for Chaos’ mods – and it’s likely that the real number is even higher.
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§pec†re: https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/valve-bans-cities-skylines-modder-after-discovery-of-major-malware-risk-3159709
Ah, the joys of proprietary modding. Please GOG when can we have steam workshop here as well!
Posted February 15, 2022
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You mean, like, besides the DRM client and the games that require it? :p
Posted February 15, 2022
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Nexus for the win!!
Posted February 16, 2022
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Don't all workshop mods get scanned for malware/viruses upon upload?
Posted February 16, 2022
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yeah dont believe those who claim alerts as false positives
that is clearly what a hacker would do , just accept and run their apps what can go wrong right?:P
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Crosmando: Don't all workshop mods get scanned for malware/viruses upon upload?
it doesn't matter really , those scans catch the already caught and fixed exploits anything new can slip right trou
Post edited February 16, 2022 by Orkhepaj
Posted February 16, 2022
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Always be wary and make sure your shit is in order.
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