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KillerGremlin · 12-17-2008, 04:21 PM

I've never had an account hacked. One day I got a message from a "ValveStafff" or something saying they needed my name and password or my account would be disabled in 24 hours. So I ended up toying around with them in chat for a little and told them to fuck off.

I've heard horror stories about people having difficulties recovering their accounts. It's not just Valve though, this is a problem with all online accounts.

Back in the pre-STEAM days you used to be able to get CD keys and Passwords from the good ol' Window's Registry. That's as far as my "hacking" knowledge goes. I'm not a script kiddy and I don't know much about key loggers.

Rather than filling out Valve's bullshit account recovery form, maybe try posting on their forum? There have been some interesting occurrences of people posting complaints on the Valve forum and getting a response (or ban/moderation).

12-17-2008, 04:21 PM	#4
KillerGremlin No Pants KillerGremlin is offline Location: Friggin In The Riggin Now Playing: my ding-a-ling Posts: 4,566	Re: Steam Account Hijacked I've never had an account hacked. One day I got a message from a "ValveStafff" or something saying they needed my name and password or my account would be disabled in 24 hours. So I ended up toying around with them in chat for a little and told them to fuck off. I've heard horror stories about people having difficulties recovering their accounts. It's not just Valve though, this is a problem with all online accounts. Back in the pre-STEAM days you used to be able to get CD keys and Passwords from the good ol' Window's Registry. That's as far as my "hacking" knowledge goes. I'm not a script kiddy and I don't know much about key loggers. Rather than filling out Valve's bullshit account recovery form, maybe try posting on their forum? There have been some interesting occurrences of people posting complaints on the Valve forum and getting a response (or ban/moderation).