I am starting to think that perhaps their fee is not entirely justified.
Valve removes free game from Steam after players discover it contains malware
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Re: Valve removes free game from Steam after players discover it contains malware
#12Surprised this or malicious games and updates hasn't happened sooner.
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#13Games are an almost perfect type of software to be run in a sandbox. The question is, why aren't they already run in a sandbox?
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#14This is bound to become more and more pervasive, with supply chain attacks happening extremely frequently now. My cooleagues and me almost got caught in the latest Shai-Hulud attack due to some tanstack packages. Noone is safe now.
Not sure if it was a typo or not but "colleagues" is a great word, I'm going to start using it.
Re: Valve removes free game from Steam after players discover it contains malware
#15And yet games like Subnautica 2 do similar things and nobody stops them because it’s in the EULA.
Exactly because it's known - malware is only considered malware if you install it without knowing about it.
But if you know about it you have a choice not to buy / install it, like with games like Subnautica 2.
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#17Surprised this or malicious games and updates hasn't happened sooner.
It has. For example, PirateFi back in 2025: https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/pirate...
The FBI were seeking victims for ~8 "games" earlier this year: https://forms.fbi.gov/victims/Steam_Malware/view
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#18Games are an almost perfect type of software to be run in a sandbox. The question is, why aren't they already run in a sandbox?
Every Xbox game runs in a HyperV container, maybe it's not a crazy idea for PC
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#19Huh. There is the occasional paid game on steam that has a 100% off deal. Guess it's time to start being suspicion of those as well. I'm thinking of the scenario where the original devs sell the game rights off since sales are bottomed out.
The best place to put malware is wherever people don't think they need to be suspicious of the software they run. Free games, paid games, supply chain - it doesn't really matter so long as they think they can trust it blindly.
Re: Valve removes free game from Steam after players discover it contains malware
#20Games are an almost perfect type of software to be run in a sandbox. The question is, why aren't they already run in a sandbox?
Running games on Linux via Proton provides some isolation. It’s not technically a proper sandbox though.