PSA: Steam has a virus going around.

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  1. Vulpine Taco

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    If you are using Steam, and you get a message saying "WTF, Dude?" followed by a link, DO NOT CLICK THE LINK. It is a virus that will hack your steam and send the message to others. If you are already infected, here's a few tips.
    1. Change your password and secret question. That seems to stop the virus pretty well, as, from what I can tell, it only affects Steam.
    2. End the atieclxx.exe process through your task manager.
    3. DO NOT RESTART YOUR COMPUTER UNTIL YOU HAVE RUN A VIRUS SCAN.
    4. Make sure any affected people on your friends list know not to click the link.
    6. Don't be a moron like me and open random links.

    [video=youtube;zvfD5rnkTws]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvfD5rnkTws#t=150[/video]
     
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    I clicked this, and I might have been the one to send it to you. Sorry. But, fortunately I changed all my stuff.
     
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    Good thing the only thing I use Steam for is Skyrim.
    In Offline Mode.

    I didn't even know that Steam had Friends lists.
     

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