Steam account accessed from another computer. Should I be worried?

I had an email last night 6AM to say my steam account had been accessed from a new computer and should enter the code to confirm. I've changed my password and everything seems fine. Should I be worried? Could I have picked up some malware?

*sorry wrong forum

I had an email last night 6AM to say my steam account had been accessed from a new computer and should enter the code to confirm. I've changed my password and everything seems fine. Should I be worried? Could I have picked up some malware?

*sorry wrong forum

wurd

Just make sure the email is legit. Don't click on the link in the email and instead just change the password through steam. I would also do a virus scan and run a adware/malware program like spybot just to be safe.

You should be okay. Any potential hijackers need to know your email info as well, so as long as that is secure, you should be good.

Never, ever, ever, ever, ever give out your account details to anyone. Not even family or friends. While they might be the most trustowrthy people on the planet, they could unwittingly have a keylogger or something on their system, or could themselves be the victim of a phishing scam. Also check for malware, as you might have a keylogger yourself.

And make sure your passwords are nice and cryptic. A password using a mix of numbers, symbols, and upper and lower case letters makes it several thousand times harder to hack than one that just uses lowercase letters.

Do you use Raptr or Garrysmod.org? They both require the Valve security code to work.

thanks for replies. Steam is only installed on 2 computers and both were off at the time of the email. I scanned the laptop with kasp,mwb, sas and eset and found a java downloader nothing else. I have strong passwords and don't have the same for email and steam. I'm very careful with regards to websites I visit but I recently bought king arthur and was looking for a guide. Possibly picked up something then? Do steam log the IP address of the attempt? It would be handy.

**just to add I never share passwords/emails and it def wouldn't be phising as I don't know password offhand and would need to check my diary.

This happens to me randomly, I dont think anything of it.

I got 4 emails recently regarding changing my password. They seemed like legit emails from Valve, but I haven't tried to change my password in a long time. I'm just ignoring them and hoping nothing is going on. Gonna keep a close eye on my Steam account. Never click the links in suspicious emails that look legit. Just go straight to the real companies website if you need to.