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Valve removes free horror game from Steam after players discover it contains malware that steals your data

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Valve removes free horror game from Steam after players discover it contains malware that steals your data

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Beyond The Dark was removed from Steam after it was discovered to contain malware designed to steal personal data and cryptocurrency.

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Couldn’t they just put the malware in encrypted compression files that the game unpacks on the client end?

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