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Valve removes free horror game from Steam after players discover it contains malware that steals your data (www.pcguide.com)
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[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 18 points 15 hours ago

There are so many games on Steam and every dey a few hundred more are added. I assume there are automated checks and rudimentary malware scans in place but those aren't fault proof.