Steam free game "PirateFi" caught: Secretly installing malware

2025-02-18 20:51:59|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

On February 6, a game called PirateFi was launched on Steam.During the week, this low poly survival game has received praise from players.

On February 12, the game was removed from the shelves, and players who played the game received a notification from Valve that their computers had malware that stolen information had been installed on the game.V Club recommends that players should reinstall Windows for caution.

"The Steam account of this game developer will upload a version containing suspected malware to Steam. You played PirateFi on Steam while these versions are active, so it is likely that these malware is already in you.boot on the computer.”

The security expert team SECUINFRA Falcon has obtained a sample of the game's malware and has analyzed it to be a version of the information stealing program Vidar.SECUINFRA recommends: “If you are one of the players of this ‘game’: consider whether your browser, email client, credentials saved in your cryptocurrency wallet, session cookies and secrets have been leaked.”

Steam has not yet announced how many users are affected by the malware, but according to SteamDB backend data, there may be up to 1,500 people in the game.

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