Steam Virus?

[Acid-Flux]

Just doing my morning read when I came across this. It seems this person got a virus with steam - he is using Panda Anti-Virus. Anyone else using this Anti-Virus SW, and did it pick it up?

[whudats]

I'm not using that SW, but I wonder if it really was a virus. Maybe the coding or whatever in the item it detected as an "unknown virus" was actually a legitimate Steam file.

 

Valve would be under some serious fire if they let a virus get out through Steam.

[NOFX]

it is very possible a virus on his computer infected that file.

[Ice_Berge_00]

it is very possible a virus on his computer infected that file.

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That's what I'm thinking, it's much more plausible that some virus on his computer just infected itself in random files

[random_n00b]

I certain couple lines come to mind from the Steam forums.

Firstly, just a reminder of the VAC 2 GOLDEN RULE!

 

"Here is a very basic bottom line rule about "will VAC ban me" ...

 

If you do ANYTHING that modifies the executable files (.dll, .exe) Valve supplied to you, you will be banned"

Q) What if the user contracts a malicious virus - that is not necessarily the user's fault? The .dll and .exe type files tend to be prime targets for viruses. Will I be VAC 2 banned?

Unfortunately, nobody has answered that question yet. I've never had malware problems, but I've seen some impressive work in the process of cleaning other's computers - particularly infections that alter a program's binaries and while allowing the original program to continue functioning, it runs the malware's code at the same time.

 

Anyhoo, viruses are certainly something I'd get cleaned up as fast as possible - Steam being the least of concerns.

[Kruten]

Sort of like random said. Probably something in his hacks.