A friend of mine has this happened to him this weekend. It installed a keylogger too. He really didnāt go into detail as how to fix itā¦but this is what i would.
Contact Steam support. and tell them what happenedā¦refer to this thread too.
Did it happen to your phone or PC?..I would use your backup or format because 10 to 1 you got a keylogger too.
Holy crapā¦I didnāt know that signing in to a site via steam let them remove 2 factor/steam mobile authenticator! That Steam Login credentials not being shared always reassured me but it would seem not to be true.
Sorry I misread it. On top of what @delenn13 disconnect your steam account from that website, also change passwords (on your email as well if it is the same as the steam one). If you really canāt format the computer at least run a virus scan or two. If it looks fishy never click a link, even from a friend.
Oh, research tells me it is in fact ok to use third party sign insā¦it seems @delenn13 is probably on the money with the keylogger thing, which is what went wrong. That and clicking on that link in your steam chat.
it does look fishy. iām very sleepy and not thinking straight. i didnāt really think about it at all. fake sign in site was my first thought after it happened.
I am getting ready for church but I will keep an eye out on this thread. I sure hope you kept all those emails from steam in regards to your game activations.
I had something similar happen to me almost 2 weeks ago. A friend of mine who i played Rocket League sent me a message to help him with a Rocket League tournament as his friend has too much ping.
I agreed to help because i didnāt think much of it as it was late, then he sent an ESL link to sign up, (which i shouldnāt have done) and lost my account and rocket league items.
But gladly steam support got my account back really quick after contacting them with proof that i own it, and got my Rocket League items back too by contacting Psyonix later on.
So yeah, moral of the story, from now on iām double checking links even from friends that i know.
i know this is a bit late and useless ānowā, and maybe cynical hindsight
but never click on links in steam chat unless itās a person you trust (and still be weary even then maybe) -steam has pointed out numerous times, donāt follow links in chat etc 'cos phishing scams etc
and donāt sign in to unknown sites,
+these "have rewards for you"sites/messages is exactly how most scams function (nigerian prince anyone?)
if you canāt verify something, just donāt bother even if it sounds alluring
and sry you got to go through this, and i hope steam support can get this sorted asap , and best of New Years to you after this