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The Ready Room => Off Topic => Topic started by: Leaderz0rz on May 13, 2005, 04:33:28 PM

Title: Steam H4XS!
Post by: Leaderz0rz on May 13, 2005, 04:33:28 PM
quoted from a forum i browse alot...I dunno the details behind it but I thought it was important info to atleast mention it..


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if any of you is playin source or cs or whatever on steam and recieve a pop up about your steam ticket being expired... DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT PUT YOUR PASSWORD IN.

this happened to me from WITHIN STEAM not some random **** thing... this was right after i disconnected from a server and was browsing the server list INSIDE cs.

next day i did this... couldn't log into my account... wasn't recieving emails regarding a password change. i thought it was just steam bein **** cause of traffic or somethin. week later (today) i try again... same **** so i'm like wtf is goin on. send in a steam report ticket thing... next thing i know i receive an email from some random guy who claims that my account might of gotten stolen. i contact him on aim... turns out he had been receiving all my password change emails... some guy had sold him my account information.

i have sent steam 2 emails and am eagerly awaiting their response. this is really freaking me out though since this happened without me downloading any extra software (that i know of etc) and just filling out some stupid steam made box (well it looked legit).

i repeat DO NOT PUT YOUR PASSWORD FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN LOGGING IN... even then make sure it's absolutely necessary to do it.
Title: Steam H4XS!
Post by: Malevolent on May 13, 2005, 04:59:02 PM
I had something like that happen to me. I couldn't log in at all. Now I think it was because of what that guy mentioned.  Anyway, I sent an email to Steam and they resetted the password for me and voila.
Title: Steam H4XS!
Post by: tankefugl (in a tent) on May 13, 2005, 05:51:47 PM
Nah, just delete ClientRegistry.blob .. again. And retry.
Title: Steam H4XS!
Post by: Condizzle on May 13, 2005, 09:44:32 PM
Ah crap, I did that too. It happened right after it crashed out of a game so I figured it was legit >_<
Title: Steam H4XS!
Post by: duherman on May 14, 2005, 01:17:30 PM
Doesn't that happen when someone signs on your steam account on another computer ?
Title: Steam H4XS!
Post by: Malevolent on May 14, 2005, 05:30:52 PM
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Doesn't that happen when someone signs on your steam account on another computer ?
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Yes, I think that it happens then too.
Title: Steam H4XS!
Post by: 2_of_8 on May 14, 2005, 07:34:23 PM
This always happens to me after my router crashes (due to ****ing Steam problems again, btw) - I restart my router, and when I turn Steam on again, join a server, several minutes later the ticket expires.
Are you sure it's someone stealing passwords? How about contacting Valve and asking them?
Title: Steam H4XS!
Post by: Leaderz0rz on May 14, 2005, 11:44:11 PM
like i said i'm not sure about it, but i thought it would be worth posting. he could of had a keylogger on his cpu or somthing aswell.
Title: Steam H4XS!
Post by: Goldy on May 15, 2005, 06:44:43 AM
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This always happens to me after my router crashes
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A few dozen people probably have your account info.
Title: Steam H4XS!
Post by: devicenull on May 18, 2005, 01:29:08 PM
Bullshit-o-meter:
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Either the guys computer was trojaned, or he can't remeber his own password.  Those boxes save you from having to close steam and restart it.  They are part of steam.  I recieved one while connecting to LM, and I doubt lb wants my password :p