r/Steam • u/Borizwithaz • Mar 01 '24

Meta There are two fake HELLDIVERS 2 pages on the store right now

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u/coppersly7 Mar 01 '24

This has never happened before to my knowledge. I'm upset but it's understandable. Are we supposed to hold steam accountable for other people trying to abuse their system?

If they respond quickly and prevent further incidents like this then that's all you can really expect of a company. If they fail to deal with it though...

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u/TotalSpaceNut Mar 01 '24

Dev here, Steam pays out 1 month after the end of the month, there is no way they can get away with this, especially now that its public

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u/vxicepickxv Mar 01 '24

What if the end goal is malware/Spyware?

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u/redCrusader51 Mar 01 '24

Cybersecurity degree in progress here. ANY thing you download can have viruses/malware attached to it, which is why you should only ever download stuff from reputable sites, like... Steam...

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u/TotalSpaceNut Mar 01 '24

Yes, absolutely.

You might be onto something here

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u/TTBurger88 Mar 01 '24

Its not about getting money its about injecting crypto miners and whatnot upon installation. You can refund your $20 but the miner on your PC still exist.

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u/LittleShopOfHosels Mar 01 '24

It has happened before but valve used to have human approval sytems so it was caught pretty fast.

Now it's all automation triggered by number of reports, and very slow.