I was using steam client and i received a ping with a .scr link from a friend. thinking that at the max, it will be a screensaver, i opened it(I know i shouldnt have, was too curious). then i found steam logged out and asking username(found i got trapped). I immediately shutoff internet and deleted the .scr after closing its running processes. logged off windows and logged on back. Then i tried logging in to my account and it worked yesterday. Played games for 2-3 hours, no issues. But next day, steam is not auto logging into my account. when i give forgot password, i didnt receive mail to my verified email id. Also when i try to retrieve account , i get that my username and my mail id doesnt exist in database.
That is : my account details have been hijacked. Avast was running all the time, dint detect anything… no warnings.
I even remember avast doing some deep scan and said its OK when opening scr.
Similar problem is reported in
https://forum.avast.com/?topic=154908.0
but no responses.
My account is lost and I am waiting for steam support to help.
I dont have the .scr link it was present in steam chat and i cant login now .
I hope avast could help me in some way as this issue is persisting for Looong time (2 years) without any proper solution till now.