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As you know, a few of our members have phished (Stolen) accounts. As was said in a sticky thread, DO NOT GIVE YOUR PASSWORD TO ANYONE! Here is how you find out if that link that was sent to you, was official and trustworthy, or a phishing site, and you shouldn't go to it.
1. Website name reliability
This is one of the most obvious things, some websites can hide, some can't be missed. Websites like steamcommun1ty.com, 5t34mc0mmuni7y.c0m.net, steamcommunity.c0m.org, etc. These you can obviously see something fishy, and you should NOT visit. These are potential phishing sites, or some other type of site such as a "Download this program for free money!" when it's really a virus. Some are not as obvious. If someone says "Visit my steam stats here: www.h1.st34mcommunity.c0m.net" wouldn't be as obvious at a first glance. ALWAYS LOOK AT THE WEBSITE, AND STUDY EVERY CHARACTER, IF YOU'RE SUSPICIOUS.
2. Website Secure License
If you have firefox, which I recommend, it can tell you easily if the website has a secure license, or not. Here is how: (Includes pictures! Yay!)
Secure site:
If you go to a suspicious site, check to see if it's secure. There are a lot of sites that look exactly www.steamcommunity.com, but they're not! Stay safe. Don't give your password to any site or person. Try to have a little difference in passwords, don't have the same password on every single thing. That increases the chances of one of your accounts to something of being hacked\phished.
3. Cookie\Program download (Thanks Funky)
To some of you who aren't really techies, there are things called cookies that stay on your machine when you visit a website. These store anything from passwords and usernames, to the webpage it self, to downloading things on to your machine. The page has to download onto your machine in order to be viewable. If you ever visit a site that is fishy
P), a phishing site for example, close it, and run your virus scanner immediately! Sites that are unfamiliar, you should not visit if you don't trust them.
4. Overall trust (Thanks Akisohida)
As was stated before, you shouldn't trust everything you see. Almost every link sent by someone you have never met before, is a non-trust worthy site. Never, EVER click on a link sent by a stranger, in steam chat, or another chat for that matter. Some sites, the links are okay. Google, youtube, yahoo, sites you have been on and know they are safe. If someone is promising something free, that normally costs money, IT IS A SCAM! Do not click a scam link! If someone is impersonating a Steam Online Support (SteamOLS), they aren't a steam staff member. Steam staff members can do anything to your account through their database, they wouldn't need your username and password. If someone wants your username and password, remove them from the chat (or from your friends list) immediately! If it is indeed an online support staff member, they will say "Go to our website." not "Go to www.ourwebsite.com" *Ourwebsite.com is just a random, out of the blue site.
Stay safe, don't give your password to anyone. Thanks for reading.
1. Website name reliability
This is one of the most obvious things, some websites can hide, some can't be missed. Websites like steamcommun1ty.com, 5t34mc0mmuni7y.c0m.net, steamcommunity.c0m.org, etc. These you can obviously see something fishy, and you should NOT visit. These are potential phishing sites, or some other type of site such as a "Download this program for free money!" when it's really a virus. Some are not as obvious. If someone says "Visit my steam stats here: www.h1.st34mcommunity.c0m.net" wouldn't be as obvious at a first glance. ALWAYS LOOK AT THE WEBSITE, AND STUDY EVERY CHARACTER, IF YOU'RE SUSPICIOUS.
2. Website Secure License
If you have firefox, which I recommend, it can tell you easily if the website has a secure license, or not. Here is how: (Includes pictures! Yay!)
Secure site:
If you go to a suspicious site, check to see if it's secure. There are a lot of sites that look exactly www.steamcommunity.com, but they're not! Stay safe. Don't give your password to any site or person. Try to have a little difference in passwords, don't have the same password on every single thing. That increases the chances of one of your accounts to something of being hacked\phished.
3. Cookie\Program download (Thanks Funky)
To some of you who aren't really techies, there are things called cookies that stay on your machine when you visit a website. These store anything from passwords and usernames, to the webpage it self, to downloading things on to your machine. The page has to download onto your machine in order to be viewable. If you ever visit a site that is fishy
P), a phishing site for example, close it, and run your virus scanner immediately! Sites that are unfamiliar, you should not visit if you don't trust them.4. Overall trust (Thanks Akisohida)
As was stated before, you shouldn't trust everything you see. Almost every link sent by someone you have never met before, is a non-trust worthy site. Never, EVER click on a link sent by a stranger, in steam chat, or another chat for that matter. Some sites, the links are okay. Google, youtube, yahoo, sites you have been on and know they are safe. If someone is promising something free, that normally costs money, IT IS A SCAM! Do not click a scam link! If someone is impersonating a Steam Online Support (SteamOLS), they aren't a steam staff member. Steam staff members can do anything to your account through their database, they wouldn't need your username and password. If someone wants your username and password, remove them from the chat (or from your friends list) immediately! If it is indeed an online support staff member, they will say "Go to our website." not "Go to www.ourwebsite.com" *Ourwebsite.com is just a random, out of the blue site.
Stay safe, don't give your password to anyone. Thanks for reading.
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