Heads up: MW3 Keys Exploited (Steam)

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11th-January-2012, 06:37
Kouen Hasuki

Heads up: MW3 Keys Exploited (Steam)

Saw this today:

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Greetings community,
It's clear that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 keys have absolutely been compromised. We will now permanently ban users that submit them as giveaways. Going forward, only submit giftable copies of Modern Warfare 3. Please do not submit keys even if you believe the key to have come from a reputable source.
Thank you for your cooperation.
-regards

Source: Link

So right now if you see any offers or your friends offer you a raw CD Key for MW3 for PC Steam, Disregard it. Better safe than sorry. I'll try to dig up more info but it seems like its another round of the Dirt 3 incident a while ago.
I Dont know if Steam will remove the Licence of users that are using the exploited keys or will ban them for exploiting. So as of right now if it aint from a actual walk in store like GameStop or Steam Dont touch it until this has all blown over.

Thought Id Give EP the heads up!
11th-January-2012, 18:03
Mr. Nemo

Are Steam keys any different than retail keys? Not looking to exploit, more curious since I never use Steam for anything other than Counter-Strike. Almost forgot, thanks for the heads up.
11th-January-2012, 18:38
Kouen Hasuki

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Originally Posted by Mr. Nemo

Are Steam keys any different than retail keys? Not looking to exploit, more curious since I never use Steam for anything other than Counter-Strike. Almost forgot, thanks for the heads up.

As far as I know all PC copies of MW3 run through Steam regardless if you buy it boxed or not, rather like say "The Orange Box", "F.3.A.R" Or "GTR Evolution" to name 3 as an example as MW3 uses steams anti cheat system VAC as its been highly reliable for picking up hackers