hacker is possibly keeping me from playing the game?

[C.W]

every single game i join im getting kicked within 2 minutes and it says auto disconnecting. i asked for help on this in a different post i made but now i have figured it out kind of.

some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is running a script likely ethier with 1 computer or using a bunch of computers and its preventing me from playing. from what i read its something SIMILAR to a thing called a Dos attack, or DDOS attack. but that ISNT exactly what it is.

other people have had this problem in the past i guess, and from what i can see it scans all servers im in and then just somehow does a bunch of♥♥♥♥♥♥to basically kick me out of the game. im sure whoever is running this script likely has other people he doesnt like on there as well so its not just me its a bunch of people this is happening to.



im pretty mad,, 10/10


just want to play left 4 dead and i cant.

its not my internet its working perfect. i have perfect ping in the matches too, but after awhile in console i start noticing a bunch of♥♥♥♥♥♥i will post what it says.



i dont know what to do guys.

[C.W]

im not going to post the bit that has the ip addresses unless someone can tell me what line would show where its coming from :

Parent cvar in server.dll not allowed (spit_scaling_min_scale)
Parent cvar in client.dll not allowed (steam_controller_haptics)
Game supporting (2) split screen players
maxplayers set to 18
UpdateSystemLevel: ConVar mat_queue_mode controlled by gpu_level/cpu_level must not be marked as FCVAR_ARCHIVE or FCVAR_CHEAT!
Couldn't find custom font file 'resource/marlett.ttf'
Steam config directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Left 4 Dead 2/left4dead2.exe/platform/config
UpdateSystemLevel: ConVar mat_queue_mode controlled by gpu_level/cpu_level must not be marked as FCVAR_ARCHIVE or FCVAR_CHEAT!
Unknown command "chet_debug_idle"
Can't use cheat cvar nav_show_area_info in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar rr_thenany_score_slop in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.



BinkOpen( c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2\left4dead2\media\l4d2_background05.bik )
Can't use cheat cvar fog_start in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar fog_end in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar fog_color in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar fog_colorskybox in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar fog_color in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar fog_colorskybox in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar fog_color in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar fog_colorskybox in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar fog_startskybox in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar fog_endskybox in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar fog_color in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar fog_colorskybox in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar fog_color in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar fog_colorskybox in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar fog_color in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar fog_colorskybox in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar r_farz in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
Can't use cheat cvar r_farz in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
CGameUIConVarRef cl_ignore_vpk_association doesn't point to an existing ConVar



i didnt enter any of that.
ill join another game and post what console says, but from the looks of it somehow there overloading the games im in with my own computer or from theres somehow. maybe if i use a damn vpn it will stop this. infact ill try that now.



this is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ valve. im being targeted and prevented from playing the game. some hackers are doing this crap to many other players, not just me. PATCH YOUR SERVERS DAMN, MAKE A FIREWALL OR SOMETHING, make it possible for me to change my steam ID at the least.



the way it looks i got screwed out of the games multiplayer and theres no fix short of me abandoning this account, making a new one and what with no guarentee this wont happen again?

imagine getting your ass kicked so bad you have to resort to being that low to ♥♥♥♥ block someone from the entire game. i hope you get a permaban from life.

[sʜᴀ]

I don't think you're being DoSsed.
Just remove all your mods, verify files integrity, and retry

[C.W]

I am definitely getting dosed. I have no mods. Integrity is fine dont try to downplay the situation.


Whoever the hacker is your very low and need to grow the ♥♥♥♥ up go outside and get some friends. That's what this game is supposed to be about. But your a sore loosing little ♥♥♥♥. I would challange you to a match but I already beat you so bad you felt the need to c00ckablock me from the entire game.

[tomás]

That isn't a ddos.

[C.W]

i omitted a bunch of stuff from the console. maybe you dont get it. he somehow is making it to where my ingame console gets overloaded with commands until it crashes the game for me.


i dont know what you would call that but other people are experiencing the same thing so i dont give a ♥♥♥♥ what you think. im not the only person its happening to.



i just verified the game files, fresh copy of windows, fresh install of steam and the game. no threats detected on malwarebytes.


but once again i will run the game and if they or this program thats possibly automated is online is possible it is an app that pops up when im online, what server im in and they are able to send a killsend packet to disconnect me from the game whenever they want.




i know that valve or steam is aware of this kind of thing so they should fix it.

it isnt a small number of players this is happening to.



ill post more stuff from my games console, but if you notice it immediately went after the ones that would slow down the game for me like trying to modify a ton of the fog setting.


read this.






https://steamcommunity.com/app/550/discussions/0/358416640400848380/?ctp=3



here is some console iformation from latest game i played :


Connected to - (redacted ip address)

Left 4 Dead 2
Map: c8m4_interior
Players: 8 (0 bots) / 8 humans
Build: 7311
Server Number: 183

ConVarRef z_versus_wandering_density doesn't point to an existing ConVar
No pure server whitelist. sv_pure = 0
Requesting texture value from var "$hdrbasetexture" which is not a texture value (material: skybox/sky_l4d_urban01_hdrrt)
Requesting texture value from var "$hdrbasetexture" which is not a texture value (material: skybox/sky_l4d_urban01_hdrbk)
Requesting texture value from var "$hdrbasetexture" which is not a texture value (material: skybox/sky_l4d_urban01_hdrlf)
Requesting texture value from var "$hdrbasetexture" which is not a texture value (material: skybox/sky_l4d_urban01_hdrft)
Redownloading all lightmaps

******#Cstrike_TitlesTXT_Game_connected*******

((((what the ♥♥♥♥ is this its in every game i get kicked???!!!!!^^^^^^)))


it continues ,

CBaseClientState::FileReceived: downloads/89ca58f3.dat.
CBaseClientState::FileReceived: downloads/fb1dca34.dat.


StartGestureSceneEvent tried to start sequence 'namvet_gesture_pointLeft_quick' (926) without Activity!
StartGestureSceneEvent tried to start sequence 'TeenAngst_gesture_head_twistLeft' (886) without Activity!
StartGestureSceneEvent tried to start sequence 'TeenAngst_gesture_head_down' (930) without Activity!
StartGestureSceneEvent tried to start sequence 'TeenAngst_gesture_head_down' (930) without Activity!
heavymetal unpaused the game
heavymetal unpaused the game
heavymetal unpaused the game
heavymetal paused the game
heavymetal unpaused the game
S_StartSound: Failed to load sound 'ui\beep23.wav', file probably missing from disk/repository
StartGestureSceneEvent tried to start sequence 'TeenAngst_gesture_head_twistLeft' (886) without Activity!


and then finally i get kicked .





Server connection timed out.
BinkOpen( c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2\left4dead2\media\l4d2_background05.bik )

[tomás]

"I saw video tutorial by a loser on YouTube who actually shows people how to use an app that tracks Steam IDs and DDoS the servers that the player is connected to even if his profile is private."

"Finally the attacks stopped after I rented a server from NFO Servers. Here is a log of the 2nd DDoS attack I got on my server"

"The game first freezes while the pings are still normal. Then few seconds later the pings go high to 600+ for all players who are connected to the server while the game is still freezing."

Play on Official dedicated, he can't ddos a official if the other guy says they can't even ddos a basic server from nfoservers, maybe the old Valve servers had a "bad security" since Lone's thread was from july 2016, is june 2019 and if there had bad security on Valve servers, Steam and Valve probably patched it EASY. (imagine for a moment they can DDoS to VALVE SERVERS but not nfoservers xDDDDDDDDDD, also if the server is getting ddosed, the server just go down and everybody go back to the lobby, but you are the only one disconnected here with an error.)

Play with a friend or add somebody from the forum, join into a official dedicated server with that person, if you lost the connection and your friend still playing, then isn't ddos (unless he is ddosing to you), also if the server is down, everybody go back to the lobby the most of the time, different if you only get kicked from the server for server connection timed out (its can happen yes, but only if you are the one who is getting ddosed, not the server), also, this guy Lone claims pings go high to 600+ for all players who are connected to the server, but the problem here is just you.

You want to know if you are being ddosed?

Windows + r

write "ping -t google.com"

press enter, and DON'T CLOSE THE cmd.exe WINDOW check the ping, will be normal probably.

Go to the game and play and inmediatly after you get kicked or when "your internet is being ddosed", go fast and check the ping. if your ping still low, then isn't a ddos.

DDoS basically get down your internet connection or increase seriously the ping.

Nobody is forcing cmds to your game console, no way to do that (but go to left 4 dead 2\left4dead2\cfgs and check for some *.cfg file called autoexec.cfg, if you already have one, delete it), try playing singleplayer mode.

[C.W]

whatever it is, its targeting only me. not the servers.

heres what ive tried ,


setinfo name "nickname" (changing name ingame,)

tried changing actual steam username permanently with no luck since he must have my steam id

probably has my IP address by now

what this person is doing is super illegal.


i tried using a VPN i had like 200 ping seemed to throw him off for awhile and i was able to stay in game for longer than normal but unplayable lag.



i dont get it. even when i used vpn it would say auto discconecting and start counting down but then it would stop, because it really was my slow vpn,

but when i try to play like normal without a vpn and using my full speed internet as soon as this person does whatever ill have full 10-40 ping and it will say auto disconnecting in 30 seconds and will just count down till im kicked.

its not my internet.

its not the game.

it is saying in console that its downloading files and crap and it shouldnt do that

i am playing on official dedicated servers.



and for the record my router and internet service was the one that told me i was getting dos attacked.

i actually got a email saying that so and so ip is sending DOS denial of service attacks.

the strange thing about it is that i looked at the IP address and its coming from my own computer, and the weird thing is that it is only when i play this game online in multiplayer.


i hope the person gets caught and i hope karma gets you for doing this bs to me.

just because someone says something over the internet, or because you loose a game or get made fun of doesnt give you the right to ruin someones entire experience with a game pretty much indefinetly for however long you want. your a piece of ♥♥♥♥ and i hope you goto jail because like i said Ddos'ing or DOS'ing is illegal.

[tomás]

Originally posted by heavymetal:

whatever it is, its targeting only me. not the servers.

heres what ive tried ,


setinfo name "nickname" (changing name ingame,)

tried changing actual steam username permanently with no luck since he must have my steam id

probably has my IP address by now

what this person is doing is super illegal.


i tried using a VPN i had like 200 ping seemed to throw him off for awhile and i was able to stay in game for longer than normal but unplayable lag.



i dont get it. even when i used vpn it would say auto discconecting and start counting down but then it would stop, because it really was my slow vpn,

but when i try to play like normal without a vpn and using my full speed internet as soon as this person does whatever ill have full 10-40 ping and it will say auto disconnecting in 30 seconds and will just count down till im kicked.

its not my internet.

its not the game.

it is saying in console that its downloading files and crap and it shouldnt do that

i am playing on official dedicated servers.

Very simple, create a new steam account, do family share in order to play l4d 2 in that steam account and check, just for check. Read my last post, then you can check if is a real DDOS because, NOBODY CAN FORCE CMDS to your game console unless you are playing in a best dedicated server and the admin is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥.

If you have a cellphone, try playing with the 4g connection for check.

[C.W]

i was just getting ready to try this because i already have that. i will get back to here and report the results. im not going to give up this account just because of some little douchbag though.
i have 12+ years on here and 1000+ hours on this game.

[tomás]

I'm not trying to say give up, your account isn't being attacked actually, if is a ddos, you can check my post for detect if is a ddos or not. try playing with 4g connection from a cellphone.

[C.W]

well i tried with another steam account from the same computer and same internet connection. still got a auto disconnect. i will try and run it off this computer at someone elses house soon.

kinda at a loss here.

[Jackalope]

Originally posted by heavymetal:

some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is running a script likely ethier with 1 computer or using a bunch of computers and its preventing me from playing. from what i read its called a Dos attack, or DDOS attack.

not a ddos attack.

[tomás]

Originally posted by heavymetal:

well i tried with another steam account from the same computer and same internet connection. still got a auto disconnect. i will try and run it off this computer at someone elses house soon.

kinda at a loss here.

Isn't a DDoS attack and no one is attacking you, do a public local host game and wait for people just for test if is your connection. Also, try playing with a 4g connection if you have a cellphone.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by tomi:

Originally posted by heavymetal:

well i tried with another steam account from the same computer and same internet connection. still got a auto disconnect. i will try and run it off this computer at someone elses house soon.

kinda at a loss here.

Isn't a DDoS attack and no one is attacking you, do a public local host game and wait for people just for test if is your connection. Also, try playing with a 4g connection if you have a cellphone.

At this point dude I'd just give up on helping them, they refuse to actually LISTEN to advice being given to them and will constantly say they are being DDOSed, I'm sure they even think that when Steam goes offline for maintenance every so often as "Steam is being DDOSed"

[C.W]

fast forward. i built a 1500$ pc. still having this issue. internet speed test fine. all games are fine. only having problems with this 1 game. clean install of windows, clean game install. Still, i get a auto disconnect within 5-10 minutes of playing, on all servers. my ping looks terrible for some reason and it bounces all over the place. its not like this for any other game. eventually after the game locks up and the auto disconnect countdown starts from 25,24,23, and so forth till it gets to 3,2,1 and then it takes me back to a ghost lobby and all the other players are still in the game.

whats crazy is i tried to play even single player offline after that this morning and it gave a error unable to start blah blah server forcing consistancy for some file, so i closed out the game when even single player was failing to load after getting auto discconected and ghosted into a lobby to verify the game files.

verified them as all proper.


if im not getting ddos then what the hell is the issue. im so upset. this is the one damn game i want to play.