fm_freak Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 How to be sure that no one will hack/steal my steam account? The game is not cheap, so I want be sure that I wont lose my account. In case I lose it, what do I need to retrieve it back, what kind of proofs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrazT Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Your steam account is as secure as any other website where you have to input a username and password. Those will be all you need to access your steam account. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piethief100 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Be sure to enable Steam Guard too. It's a newish feature of steam, that requires you to retrieve a code sent to your registered email address, before you can log into your Steam account on a new computer. It's easy to do, but if you require a little more info, have a look at THIS link to the Steam website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fm_freak Posted May 30, 2012 Author Share Posted May 30, 2012 There are few forums where guys are selling hacked steam accounts. So that people were safe if their accs were hacked? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piethief100 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 There are few forums where guys are selling hacked steam accounts. So that people were safe if their accs were hacked? There will always be account hijacking on the internet, but normally the fault is with the user and not the company. Perhaps the most common way of losing your details is by phishing, where you are deceived to type your steam details into a replica steam website, and instead of logging in, simply send you details to the hacker. So don't open links to Steam login pages from emails, or webpages you don't trust. Don't have the same password to your Steam account and registered email account. And enable Steam Guard. That should set you well. If you follow those rules, and still get hacked, Steam customer services are excellent at retrieving accounts and returning them to their rightful owner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineappleBlender Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Don't reuse passwords, especially for your email address and any important account. Run decent anti-virus software and keep it up to date. Keep your OS and important programs such as flash player up to date. Pick a decent password. If you reuse them, at least try to use several different ones. Make sure you know what links you're clicking on. People lose their accounts because they do stupid stuff like having incredibly obvious passwords or otherwise have no idea what they're doing when it comes to security. In my many years of using the internet I've never had a single account compromised, and because of the steps I take like using different emails/usernames/password, the damage would be greatly limited even if it were. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fm_freak Posted May 30, 2012 Author Share Posted May 30, 2012 Don't reuse passwords, especially for your email address and any important account.Run decent anti-virus software and keep it up to date. Keep your OS and important programs such as flash player up to date. Pick a decent password. If you reuse them, at least try to use several different ones. Make sure you know what links you're clicking on. People lose their accounts because they do stupid stuff like having incredibly obvious passwords or otherwise have no idea what they're doing when it comes to security. In my many years of using the internet I've never had a single account compromised, and because of the steps I take like using different emails/usernames/password, the damage would be greatly limited even if it were. And downloading stuff like keyloggers, thats also very popular way. The one thing I like with steam is SteamGuard when you log in with "unusual" PC it says that you have received some CODE and you have to write that code to steam to be able pass. So if you have pass and username of someone's steam acc you still have to be able to get inside someone's email. And thats a good thing, except if hacker hacks your mail first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie MUFC Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Enabling Steam Guard is a must. Will allow your Steam account to run only on your computer and nobody elses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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