The extension in these cases is the giveaway, and users of Steam should ensure they’re not being set up for a harsh lesson in digital shenanigans. Just because the name of the file says “IMG” at the start doesn’t mean it’s actually an image file. scr file and now I’m having a bad hair day” posts in the last few days, so please ensure you avoid any and all links sent via Steam chat which lead to. scr files on the Steam Community forums reveals quite a lot of fresh “I opened this. Users of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will find we detect the file offered up as Trojan.Inject (VirusTotal 33 / 54, Malwr analysis).Ī search for. There’s sure to be a lot more clicking going on elsewhere. The Bit.ly URL displayed in the Tumblr post linked above currently has 2,000+ clicks – and that’s just one random example. Typically, the scammers are sending fake Steam Marketplace trade offers, and the supposed “picture” of whatever virtual item they’re offering up is actually an .scr file which will run should the victim double click and execute it. Ah yes, I remember AppLocker from my exams However IIRC it requires at Enterprise license for Win7 :( You could use Software. We’ve noticed a number of posts on both Steam forums, ,, and elsewhere talking about messages sending potential victims to bit.ly URLs. scr files being passed around the Steam network (specifically, in chat) in September, and they seem to be making a bit of a comeback.
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