Steam logo displayed on a laptop screen and a gamepad.
Steam, one of the most reputable and widely used digital distribution platforms for PC games, was recently forced to remove Sniper: Phantom’s Resolution after users discovered it contained malware designed to steal sensitive information from infected systems.
The installer—mislabeled to appear like a legitimate Windows process—executed a series of evasive techniques, including launching and killing Node.js scripts and creating startup persistence, all while masquerading as a harmless game demo.
This is not an isolated incident. Just a month earlier, another game titled PirateFi was found to be spreading the Vidar infostealer, a sophisticated piece of malware capable of compromising…