The free-to-play game, PirateFi, infects users with malware that steals browser cookies, enabling the malware’s creator to hijack access to various online accounts.
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A hacker published a PC game on Steam to infect users with Windows-based malware.
The free-to-play game, PirateFi, was released on Thursday. Days later, Valve was spotted sending out a message to affected users, warning them about the threat to their computers.
“We strongly encourage you to run a full-system scan using an antivirus product that you trust or use regularly, and inspect your system for unexpected or newly installed software,” Steam said.
PirateFi was published as a beta. However, according to Steam forum posts, one user noticed something was off when their antivirus software prevented them from running the game, flagging it as carrying “Trojan.Win32.Lazzzy.gen.”
“The essence of the virus: When you launch the ‘game,’ the virus unpacks into /AppData/Temp/****/ and looks like Howard.exe,” the user wrote in Rusian. The malware then appears to steal browser cookies, enabling the malware’s creator to hijack access to various online accounts.
Another gamer who downloaded the title wrote on Tuesday: “Most of my stuff has either been hacked and passwords changed or being signed in using cookies that’ve been stolen!”
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