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Accounts.. Being Taken one by one

seanlh

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Wow. I had a couple of viruses, put them in the virus vault, then deleted them. Then briefly changed all my passwords on another computer. Then I reformat the computer with viruses. But yet.. my account's passwords are being changed. WHY? Am I going to have to ask for a retrieve... Every time?
 
Passwords too... A computer, Sythe, Runescape? Elaborate more.
 
Scan the other computer, as well. If the passwords are being taken before you use them on the computer you thought was infected, it's definitely the fault of the other computer.

Just because passwords are being changed doesn't always result in a virus...

User accounts in Regedit could be being set to different tasks by another program (not a virus)
 
I meant on Steam, sorry for not elaborating, I am a bit worried. At the time I discovered there were a lot of viruses, I immediately vaulted them, and deleted them, went to another computer, changed the passes for everything, STEAM, here, etc, and then slept. Then I went to the computer that had the viruses and reformatted.

Is that a bit clearer? But NOW I have had 2 accounts of my different account's passwords changed. I'm currently waiting for my support tickets on STEAM to answer..
 
I meant on Steam, sorry for not elaborating, I am a bit worried. At the time I discovered there were a lot of viruses, I immediately vaulted them, and deleted them, went to another computer, changed the passes for everything, STEAM, here, etc, and then slept. Then I went to the computer that had the viruses and reformatted.

Is that a bit clearer? But NOW I have had 2 accounts of my different account's passwords changed. I'm currently waiting for my support tickets on STEAM to answer..

Steam accounts are incredibly easy to hack/password-crack.
 
All my account passwords have at least one uppercase letter, lowercase letters, and numbers.

Edit: Pull that number back to one.
 
All my account passwords have at least one uppercase letter, lowercase letters, and numbers.

Edit: Pull that number back to one.

Understood, however Steam accounts are just very easily vulnerable to exploits and have a high chance of being hacked - password cracked.

There isn't much you can do except change your passwords frequently.
 
That's what I'm doing. I changed the password to one of my accounts TWICE yesterday, and it still got taken. The number is back up to two... >.>

God, I fee like they're just being picked one by one. And I can do nothing about it but WAIT for Steam Support which is agonizing.
 
Your problem is that there is a keylogger on your computer most likely.
 
Your problem is that there is a keylogger on your computer most likely.

It's really irritating when people try to know what they are talking about, yet they always go straight to - OMG YOU HAVE A KEYLOGGER OR A VIRUS!

That is hardly the case. Since Steam accounts are on the top 10 of easiest accounts to Hack - Crack and brute, you wouldn't think that is the problem?
 
Get a new virus scan software, because your current 1 isn't cutting it.
 
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