This presents a huge risk for players, as according to CSO, "cryptojacking" can damage computer performance, increase electricity bills, and even infect cloud infrastructure. After seeing these reports, YouTuber SidAlpha investigated the game and found these viruses are likely installing cryptocurrency mining software. Multiple players have left negative reviews with screenshots showing evidence the game installs a Trojan virus "disguised as as a steam.exe process" along with malware under the name "abstractism launcher". The offending game in question is called Abstractism - an indie which masquerades as a "trivial platformer" but seems to be doing something far more insidious. ORIGINAL STORY 30/7/18: Steam has come under fire in recent months for opening its store to hundreds of decidedly dodgy games, and it seems this policy is once again hurting customers, as one game on the Steam store is reportedly turning players' computers into a cryptocurrency-mining botnet. In theory, this should prevent scams similar to the one seen in the Abstractism incident, where a player was tricked into buying an item that appeared to be from TF2, but actually originated from the Abstractism game.
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The code shows a pop-up will appear should players attempt to trade for items in a game they have never played, with a warning saying: "This trade appears suspicious". In a statement to Kotaku, Valve explained it had "removed Abstractism and banned its developer from Steam for shipping unauthorised code, trolling, and scamming customers with deceptive in-game items".īut according to Steam code shared by Reddit users, Valve has also taken steps to actively prevent fake item scams via the Steam marketplace.
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UPDATE 31/7/18: Last night, Valve pulled the game Abstractism from the Steam store. This was welcome news for the original victim, “Poor Asian Boy,” who thanked Valve for the “reassurance and response”.
Valve apparently hopes to make these refunds automatic. The reason for the change is to prevent games from scamming Steam users into buying fake items, which is what happened when the game Abstractism renamed itself Team Fortress 2 to sell a bogus rocket launcher.Īccording to Paloma, Valve has also promised to “restore and recover” any items that were lost due to the scam.
The information was posted on a Reddit thread by Valve employee Tony Paloma, who's somewhat bizarrely named “Drunken_F00l” on the site. UPDATE 1/8/18: In addition to adding a warning pop-up for suspicious trades, Steam will now also require approval in order for a game to change its name.
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