Valve deleted the malicious PiRatefi game from Steam, users are recommended to reinstall the OS

Valve deleted the Piratefi game from her Steam digital store because it contained harmful software, several resources said. The company who uploaded the game to users said that they may be “considering the possibility of completely reinstalling their operating system”.

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PiRatefi was positioned as “an exciting survival game in a dynamic low -polygonal world, where you can play alone or with others in multiplayer mode.” The number of users who downloaded the game is unknown, but 51 reviews were left about it. Valve deleted PiRatefi this week and strongly recommended downloading users to “launch a complete scan of the system using antivirus, as well as check the system for the presence of unexpected or recently installed software”. And only the full reinstallation of the OS, according to Valve, is able to “guarantee the absence of malicious software on the computer.”

Both the Steam application and the games installed through it have a fairly deep access to gamers computers, so cybercriminals often show interest in viruses aimed at careless gamers. In 2023, hackers took advantage of the vulnerability of the outdated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and launched the spread of the worm, which was transmitted from the computer to the computer.