Valve Anti-Cheat ( VAC) is an anti-cheat tool developed by Valve as a component of the Steam platform, first released with Counter-Strike in 2002. When the software detects a cheat on a player's system, it will ban them in the future, possibly days or weeks after the original detection. [1] It may kick players from the game if it detects errors Mar 8, 2017 · Yesterday i got Vac banned for no reason i havent even played matchmaking for almost 3 weeks i wouldnt risk my knife and my account. I told this to steam support and this is their reply. Message from Steam Support on Mar 7, 2017 @ 12:09pm | 1 day ago Thank you for submitting additional information about your VAC ban. This information will be forwarded to the Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) team. Please Jun 11, 2014 · Any third-party modification to a game designed to give one player an advantage over another is classified as a cheat or hack and will trigger a VAC ban. This includes modifications to a game's core executable files and dynamic link libraries. The following will not trigger a VAC ban: Using chat programs like X-Fire. VAC detect if any files in your game as been changed, so it will be a program that modified your game files, that is the only way VAC will take effect. Botanistaken • 7 mo. ago. i didn't really had time to play with configuration files or literally anything. Since the game finished downloading at 3 am and i got banned in the morning. Sep 6, 2023 · You have a game ban, not a VAC ban. If it's for CS GO, it comes from overwatch where a bunch of tested judges agreed you were cheating (or griefing after a month long warning) on an anonymous demo of you. False ban are removed automatically if they are false. Notice that if you get banned by both VAC and OW, only the VAC shows up. TBC VAC Banned for editing a CS:GO config file? edit [SOLVED] It was my fault for being an absolute doofus. So, I was playing CS:GO earlier, on some Wildfire deathmatch, on an account that is 2 days old. I have been playing for around 9-10 hours IG and have nearly made it to level 3. Before I hit level 3 I decided to try out a 4:3 stretched Apr 16, 2021 · Published On: 15 Apr 2021, 05:11 PM. 2 of the most controversial VAC ban cases in CS:GO have finally been resolved following Valve's VAC ban policy update. Both Jamppi and vsm are now officially unbanned and are eligible to compete in all Valve-sponsored CS:GO tournaments. Their reaction to the news was priceless as the CS:GO community came Oct 13, 2023 · According to Valve, the reason the ban happens is because it messes around in the engine dll functions of the game. VAC sees this as a no-no and swiftly brings the ban hammer down. Advertisement May 13, 2020 · Then we get to the vac ban where something vac classes as a cheat was detected on the pc your account was used on. The vac was in its delayed wait period when the overwatch system was issuing the game ban. The vac takes precedence. Two completely different anticheat systems. I got vac banned for no reason i really don't know what it could've been. And i know most hackers say this but i genuinely didn't do nothing. No changing files, opening applications that do weird things, nothing out of the ordinary? is it fixable? Thank you for posting on r/Counterstrike. Please check your post adheres to the rules to prevent QvqLJhw.