{"id":11232,"date":"2025-03-21T20:18:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T20:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/valve-removes-demo-over-malware-fears\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T20:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T20:18:21","slug":"valve-removes-demo-over-malware-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/valve-removes-demo-over-malware-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve removes demo over malware fears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<h2>Game Removal from Steam<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A video game has been taken down from the online store Steam by Valve after reports emerged that its free demo was installing malware on users&#8217; computers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The game in question, titled Sniper: Phantom&#8217;s Resolution, touted &#8220;realistic [first-person shooter] mechanics, dynamic storytelling, and high-stakes missions,&#8221; as per <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250318021256\/https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3410050\/Sniper_Phantoms_Resolution\/\" target=\"_blank\">an archived version of its Steam page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initial warnings about the demo potentially being malware surfaced earlier this week, courtesy of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pcgaming\/comments\/1jd12u3\/game_listed_on_steam_has_a_demo_that_is_a_virus\/?rdt=34227\" target=\"_blank\">several Reddit users<\/a> who downloaded and analyzed it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The removal of the game from Steam was first reported by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegamer.com\/steam-gets-second-game-in-as-many-months-that-adds-malware-to-your-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\">TheGamer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This incident follows a similar case last month, where Valve had to remove a game called PirateFi, which was discovered to be a vehicle for <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/02\/13\/valve-removes-steam-game-that-contained-malware\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">malware<\/a> designed to steal player passwords, a type of malicious software known as an <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/02\/18\/hackers-planted-a-steam-game-with-malware-to-steal-gamers-passwords\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">info-stealer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Valve has not responded to a request for comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/03\/21\/valve-removes-video-game-demo-suspected-of-being-malware\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game Removal from Steam A video game has been taken down from the online store Steam by Valve after reports emerged that its free demo was installing malware on users&#8217;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[143,369,3533,145,953,952],"class_list":["post-11232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-cybersecurity","tag-hacking","tag-infostealer","tag-malware","tag-steam","tag-valve"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/sniper-phantoms-resolution-valve-steam.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}