need help about keys

[Slingxd 0]

Hello everyone

Back Story

So my so called 'friend' sent me a file called blockcraft.exe through skype and (telling me it was a funny rip off of minecraft) i ran it but nothing came up(well a quick black window popped up for a few seconds but closed again) so i asked him what it was, after asking him this he deleted me off skype... I dont know this guy IRL just been playing with him for a couple of months. When i went on Dayz the next day(today) it came up with the message about being "Global ban".

How did my key get ban as i was playing fine and legit the day before?

Confused, i decided to try another server but still the same. I deleted the folders on Regedit to see if it helped and then verified the folders again on steam... I tried to load up arma, yet this time an error came up saying "Bad serial key given in set up". I did not know what to do so i repeated again what i did before with regedit but this time it said, Error while deleting key on regedit.

I googled this and it said my key must of been stolen, i tried many things to see what i could do to fix it but...

After hours of trying to fix the problem i decided to make another steam and rebuy the game.

The actual question

Firstly: I deleted all the files my friend sent me as well as reinstalling Arma 2 OA and deleting the directorys, so am i still under risk of getting my key stolen or even ban somehow?

Lastly, Instead of changing account everytime i want to play Dayz is there somehow a way i can convert the key i am using on the new steam account (working fine) to my old steam account? Or not?

(sorry its so long and confusing ):

Sorry if this is the wrong section to post in btw

Edited June 27, 2013 by Slingxd

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

It sounds like the exe. you ran was a keystealer. That means it's stolen your legit key and swapped it out for a banned one :/

[-Se7eN- 874]

As far as making sure you key docent get stolen again, just do a big scan with something like malwarebytes and programs such as that, that should clear any key stealers off your computer, and if you receive a file that you think is a keystealer there is programs you can use to check if that is the case (im afraid i cant link you though as there from other sites)

As far as using your key without switching profiles is concerned, no. One thing you can do though is launch your new account and then arma 2 oa on the new steam account, once you have done that log into your new steam but do not launch arma from there ever, after this point you will have to launch arma the manual way via the beta patch in the directory.

[Slingxd 0]

As far as making sure you key docent get stolen again, just do a big scan with something like malwarebytes and programs such as that, that should clear any key stealers off your computer, and if you receive a file that you think is a keystealer there is programs you can use to check if that is the case (im afraid i cant link you though as there from other sites)

As far as using your key without switching profiles is concerned, no. One thing you can do though is launch your new account and then arma 2 oa on the new steam account, once you have done that log into your new steam but do not launch arma from there ever, after this point you will have to launch arma the manual way via the beta patch in the directory.

Is Mcafee total protection okay? I scanned my computer earlier which took 2 hours or so and a few files were infected and dealt with? Does that mean im good?

[-Se7eN- 874]

generally yeah, i mean you will only find dayz key stealers (genreally any way) in dayz related things, FPS boosters, fake bypasses or what ever els you may have downloaded that is linked to dayz but not official. after that yeah you should be good.

[Slingxd 0]

generally yeah, i mean you will only find dayz key stealers (genreally any way) in dayz related things, FPS boosters, fake bypasses or what ever els you may have downloaded that is linked to dayz but not official. after that yeah you should be good.

Ive got Razer game booster, I think thats trustable right. I mean Razer are a very respected and trusted source. Right?

[-Se7eN- 874]

Oh yeah razer game booster is fine, im more talking about dayz specific FPS boosters, but yes you dont need to worry about razer stealing your key ;)

[Slingxd 0]

Oh yeah razer game booster is fine, im more talking about dayz specific FPS boosters, but yes you dont need to worry about razer stealing your key ;)

Thanks man :D

[AmberHelios 2071]

As far as making sure you key docent get stolen again, just do a big scan with something like malwarebytes and programs such as that, that should clear any key stealers off your computer, and if you receive a file that you think is a keystealer there is programs you can use to check if that is the case (im afraid i cant link you though as there from other sites)

As far as using your key without switching profiles is concerned, no. One thing you can do though is launch your new account and then arma 2 oa on the new steam account, once you have done that log into your new steam but do not launch arma from there ever, after this point you will have to launch arma the manual way via the beta patch in the directory.

you can launch arma from steam ok from your old account as long as you haven't validated your files and steam doesn't have admin rights or you can simply lock the keys in the registry so they cant be changed

[-Se7eN- 874]

you can launch arma from steam ok from your old account as long as you haven't validated your files and steam doesn't have admin rights or you can simply lock the keys in the registry so they cant be changed

oh didnt know that, thanks for the heads up helios.