Steam & Security

[DeVry Student]

I have noticed a few flaws in the Steam.exe program. Not only does it run while you have the game running, but it keeps running after you exit the game. Not only that, but it starts up with Windows. I have disabled this "service", however, when I run HL2 it keeps re-launching. I have terminated Steam via CTRL+ALT+DEL... but the next morning when I returned from college Steam started itself up again.

Any service that requires server-type Internet access to your computer makes you vulnerable to attackers, but having one that is running 24/7 leaves a huge loophole in your system!

I hope Vavle fixes this with a patch or somthing. It's hard to trust a software program that requires trojan-horse like Internet access to play HL2.

BTW - It's hard to trust a program that requires Internet access just to play. (Especially when you bought the product, have a excessively long CD key to enter, and to top things off, requrie the CD to be in the drive at all times.)

 

[Zamza]

My suggestion is using a firewall that blocks internet access to programs as well of people trying to access your computer remotely. Have you tried going into msconfig and disabling it at start-up?

 

[PriNcE oF SpAcE]

have you disabled using the steam option?

steam-> settings-> interface-> uncheck "run steam when windows starts"

sorry if it's a stupid question...