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James Bentley

A web3 free-to-play survival game found to be a front for installing malware on your PC has finally been removed from Steam

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Reported to have amassed over 7,000 players, a free-to-play web3 game named PirateFi launched on Steam last week and was subsequently taken down for containing "malicious files". Users reportedly found out about this takedown as Valve took to notifying players that their rigs could be compromised.

As spotted by SteamDB, the site known for tracking Steam data (via PC Mag), users who downloaded survival crafter PirateFi were informed that "The Steam account of the developer for this game uploaded builds to Steam that contained suspected malware".

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