This was welcome news for the original victim, Poor Asian Boy, who thanked Valve for the reassurance and response.
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UPDATE 31/7/18: Last night, Valve pulled the game Abstractism from the Steam store. #Golf it vs golf with your friends reddit update In a statement to Kotaku, Valve explained it had "removed Abstractism and banned its developer from Steam for shipping unauthorised code, trolling, and scamming customers with deceptive in-game items".īut according to Steam code shared by Reddit users, Valve has also taken steps to actively prevent fake item scams via the Steam marketplace. The code shows a pop-up will appear should players attempt to trade for items in a game they have never played, with a warning saying: "This trade appears suspicious". In theory, this should prevent scams similar to the one seen in the Abstractism incident, where a player was tricked into buying an item that appeared to be from TF2, but actually originated from the Abstractism game.
ORIGINAL STORY 30/7/18: Steam has come under fire in recent months for opening its store to hundreds of decidedly dodgy games, and it seems this policy is once again hurting customers, as one game on the Steam store is reportedly turning players' computers into a cryptocurrency-mining botnet.
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