GAME BAN Bugs With Window7 (Already UNBANNED)

[NorTh WinD]

2023/10/03 unbanned Update

First of all, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone, whether you believed in me or not. It's because of all of you that this article gained traction and allowed Valve to hear our voices.

As a Steam user who strongly opposes cheating and has never used cheats myself, I understand that it's not easy to convince you all of my innocence once I was labeled. However, there were people who chose to believe in me despite the label, and I'm truly thankful for that.

I also want to thank those who passionately criticized me, accusing me of being a liar and a cheater while I was still locked. Without your responses, this article wouldn't have gained such high visibility, and perhaps Valve wouldn't have noticed it.

Once again, I genuinely appreciate all of you.

What's somewhat disheartening is that the primary wave of unlocks seems to be focused on Windows 7 users. There are still a few Windows 7 users in the community who haven't been unlocked, along with Windows 10 and 11 users.

I believe it will take some time for VALVE to address these wrongful bans. Our group, which was locked earlier, took about 10 days to be unlocked, possibly due to the order in which they were processed.

Perhaps in a few more days, it will be your turn to be unlocked. I also wish for the speedy unlocking of those who are still wrongfully banned.

Hello, everyone , Moderators.

Until Valve clears our names, I don't care how you label us, whether it's as liars, cheaters. Arguing about these matters is meaningless.

Of course, I can't vouch for whether any players other than myself have used cheats or if there is indeed a cheater among our team.

The occurrence of the incident

I obtained access to CS2 testing on September 1st, and during that period, everything was normal with green trust factors.I didn't have red trust factors.

For anyone who may not be familiar with what trust factor is, here's an explanation:https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/00EF-D679-C76A-C185

On September 17th I played two CS2 matches with friends, and my trust factor was still green at that time.

However, the next day, September 18th, I could no longer play with my friends.Because my trust factor had changed from green to red within a day. This change prevented me from playing CS2 or CS1 normally.

With a green trust factor, it took only about 5 minutes or less to find opponents. However, once it turned red, the waiting time for matches increased to approximately 30 to 60 minutes. I couldn't afford to wait that long, and even when I did find matches, my teammates didn't have service medals, were beginners, or were using cheats.

Confused

I initially wondered if perhaps I had been reported by teammates or strangers during my matches the day before, but I felt my performance was quite average. However, considering that my trust factor went from green to red within a single day, I became concerned.

Therefore, on 9/19, I sent two emails to Valve. One was addressed to the CSGO Team Feedback regarding trust factor at CSGOTeamFeedback [at] valvesoftware [dot] com. The other email was sent through Steam Support.But Steam support but didn't get any useful response. They just told me to play more CS:GO.

Testing another account (XX)

And on 9/18, because my main account had a red trust factor and couldn't play with friends, I decided to use another account (XX) to play. This account (XX) also had a green trust factor, so we found opponents within 5 minutes and played just two games of CS2 before calling it a day.

On 9/19, I tested my main account again, which still had the red trust factor and couldn't find matches. So, I continued to use the green trust factor account (XX). However, to my surprise, on 9/19, this account (XX) also turned from green to red trust factor within a single day. This seemed highly unlikely because I had only played 2 matches with this account (XX) - it couldn't have turned red that quickly, right?

The occurrence of the ban

On 9/23 in the middle of the night, I discovered that my main account had received a GAME BAN. In a hurry, I checked my other account(XX), and found that it was still fine. However, after a few hours, this account (XX) also received a GAME BAN, just like my main account.

But i have another account(XY), which I use exclusively for CS1, as I didn't qualify for CS2. This account remained unaffected and didn't receive a GAME BAN.

Suspecting the possibility

In essence, there is a high likelihood that this issue is related to playing CS2 on Windows 7, as playing CS1 on Windows 7 doesn't seem to have the same problem, based on my tests. If there were something wrong with my computer, both CS1 and CS2 should result in GAME BANs, but that's not the case. Only the accounts played CS2 on my Windows 7 machine and experienced the transition from green to red trust factor within a day were eventually GAME BANned a few days later.

I find it highly unusual that my account went from green trust factor to red trust factor within a day.

Currently, Windows 7 users cannot directly launch CS2 due to what I suspect may be related to the minimum system requirement of Windows 10. When clicking the "Play" button, the game starts and then immediately closes. However, we can still play CS2 by finding the CS2 icon in the CSGO folder. Even though it shows "VAC was unable to verify your game session," if a friend or someone else hosts the lobby and invites us, we can still play together. I'm not sure if this issue is the cause of the BAN, but I have shared the details with you.

So why aren't there as many people affected by this recent wave of mistaken bans?

This goes back to Steam hardware investigation. According to... https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey.Only a small percentage, 1.1%, of players are using Win7, and not every Win7 player is playing CS:GO. Among those playing CS:GO, not all of them are eligible or inclined to play CS2.This group is quite small, and that's precisely why we are speaking out.

Here are the current posts in the CSGO discussion board, and these people share similar experiences with me:

(1). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463511592097/
(2). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463507609801/
(3). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463505228008/
(4). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463507876854/
(5). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463508661756/
(6). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463508075747/
(7). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463505017930/
(8). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463498234642/
(9). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/5291222824585950665/
(10). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463513278428/

Users who are suspected to be affected

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/needvalvefixit/discussions/0/3878218962823751953/

But we have discovered some common characteristics!

(1).Most of them use the the Win7 operating system.
(2).Their accounts are mostly old accounts, with over 5 years of history.
(3).Their playtime ranges from approximately 500 to 2000 hours, and even more.
(4).Almost all of them noticed their trust factor turning red (due to playing CS2) shortly after the update on September 15th.
(5).Around September 20th to 24th, some of them started receiving GAME BANs.

These signs make it seem like perhaps cheaters during this period went a bit wild? They chose to use cheats on their old accounts? Or maybe Valve's anti-cheat system had some issues?

Let's take a look at what happened three years ago when 5e caused Valve's VAC system to mistakenly ban many players with VAC or Game bans.

https://twitter.com/CounterStrike/status/1316830402753916928?s=20

I just want to say that Valve's anti-cheat system is not foolproof, and there may be cases of players being mistakenly banned.

But the reason many people spoke up during that previous wave was because 5e was a global platform used by many players at the time.

Self-declaration

Lastly, I want to reiterate that I've invested a lot of time and effort into this account. I love the Steam platform and enjoy playing games like CSGO, PUBG, APEX, NARAKA, and more. I have never considered cheating to solve any problems, which is why my playtime is high. While I don't like to bring this up, my inventory does have some value. No one would risk using an account of such value for cheating, and I hope Valve can see this.

To be honest, we've tried various ways to appeal this issue, but Valve's lack of response or action is something we cannot accept. So, we are speaking out to defend ourselves.

We have submitted complaints through several channels, but none have received a response:
1.STEAM support center.
2.CSGOTeamFeedback [at] valvesoftware [dot] com.
3.cs2team [at] valvesoftware [dot] com
4.Counter-Strike: Global Offensive discussions. (These discussions are often locked by moderators, preventing us from gathering more people to voice our concerns.)
5.Reddit

We earnestly request the moderators not to delete our posts. Please listen to our thoughts. We don't want to argue about who among us might have cheated or not. We just want the truth.

If possible, we need more players with similar cases to come forward and ask VALVE to investigate and fix this bug.

So we can get justice.

Thank you to everyone on this board.

If anyone can get in touch with Valve staff, please let me know. Thank you.

This article is also posted on Reddit. If comments are locked here, please discuss it on Reddit. The same article is posted on three different Reddit threads, but the content is identical.

{1). https://www.reddit.com/r/csgo/comments/16r18e4/game_ban_bugs_with_window7/
(2). https://www.reddit.com/r/cs2/comments/16r17oh/game_ban_bugs_with_window7/
(3). https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/16r18yf/game_ban_bugs_with_window7/

I've also created a Steam group. If there are individuals with similar experiences, please feel free to apply for membership directly.

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/needvalvefixit

If your Steam profile is set to private, or if your account age is too low and your gameplay hours are too short, you will not be allowed to join.

[KING]

Origineel geplaatst door NorTh WinD:

Origineel geplaatst door KING:

Can you blame those that do considering 99% of threads made regarding the topic are from users who remain unbanned? How were they supposed to assume you're the 1% and why wouldn't the 99% make them more inclined to believe it's likely to be the other case scenario?

I mean I also had my suspicions, especially since op clearly admitted to using an exploit to disable the anticheat, although he said it was not intentional. Like how would interpret that if thats what you read?

Like "hey guys I just got banned found a way around the anticheat but I didn't cheat". What would you say? Nah man, totally believe you?

Maybe think before you wish the worst on someone else.

I didn't admit to intentionally using an exploit to disable the anti-cheat. In the past, in situations like this in CS:GO, I had to force verify files to be able to play, and I did the same in CS2 LT. However, no matter how many times I verified the files, I kept getting this message. Then, by chance, my friend invited me, and I found out that as long as I wasn't the host, I could start matchmaking. At that moment, I thought it might be a bug preventing me from being the host, but I didn't realize it was an exploit, and I didn't intend to abuse it. These are two different things.

If you deliberately want to believe that I abused this exploit, then there's nothing I can do about it, just like if someone accuses me of cheating when I didn't. Even after the evidence comes out and I get unlocked, you still want to accuse me of trying to exploit a loophole.

You just want to cast aspersions without wanting to apologize, right?

I didn't say intentionally, can you not read? "although he said it was not intentional". You did admit that when you launched the game it told you it's launched in untrusted mode, as you clearly said this: "Currently, Windows 7 users cannot directly launch CS2 due to what I suspect may be related to the minimum system requirement of Windows 10. When clicking the "Play" button, the game starts and then immediately closes. However, we can still play CS2 by finding the CS2 icon in the CSGO folder. Even though it shows "VAC was unable to verify your game session," if a friend or someone else hosts the lobby and invites us, we can still play together. I'm not sure if this issue is the cause of the BAN, but I have shared the details with you.".

Like I don't know at which point you assumed if vac can't verify your files that it's fine to play on vac servers, especially since you have a tenured account and you like to dabble and deal with old operating systems like win7. No way you can say you didn't understand what that meant. You got plenty of hours, plenty of items, plenty of vac enabled games. You knew what it meant, and you even explained how you could play on said servers by being invited from a friend. Either that or you lied about this ever happening and just wrote in the thread for no reason, either way you provided us this information, I didn't lie or accuse about anything, you yourself said it. So learn some English and don't accuse me before you read. Don't put words in my mouth, as I didn't in yours.

Lastly, there's nothing for me to apologize. I clearly explained if this is what you did, then I can see why they'd ban, as it's an exploit. Whether you did or not do something with it is a different story, at that time you had a ban, I just explained why it made sense since this could be game breaking. I never said 100%, but I did explain my suspicions, especially since there were so many different variables, and again, I was never speaking just about you, because I don't care about you, but I was speaking about the group as a whole, since you were claiming it's a win 7 thing, however you had game bans, vac bans, win7, win 10, win 11 users in that group and posters here, so it was all along unrelated to win 7 as far as I can see, although most users unbanned are win7 users, but it makes sense that that win10 and 11 are coming next. Out of 1000+ game bans and 1000+ vac bans I believe they reverted somewhere around 100 of them. So for the most part, the anticheat did it's job, but with a 5% error, which is extremely high. That 5% error is now basically 0.1% error as were just waiting for a few more win10 and11 users to get their unbans, if they do.

I gathered data, not sure why you think that requires an apology but get over yourself, I did yourself a favor by helping you piece together parts of the puzzle as for what could've caused your issue. In the future do not play on vac enabled servers in insecure mode. Oh and update your OS like you've been told already, as great as you say win7 is, you got a little taste of the nice features that come with it.

[76561198288588626]

literally , i can't believe what you'all cry "cheater" benefit , justice has served in the end , and we have proven to be innocent ..

i have a question to @NorTh WinD , will still be playing on windows 7? or you going to upgrade to 10?, at this point i dont wanna run CS2 , i dont wanna see any other VAC ban.

[76561198288588626]

Origineel geplaatst door Makima:

Origineel geplaatst door NorTh WinD:

no , When I was banned, there was a red important notification on Steam. When I was unbanned, there was a yellow important notification on Steam as well. Besides these notifications, I didn't receive any other emails or messages.

appreciate your response <3

btw , i got a notification :

Your VAC ban in Counter-Strike 2 has been removed.
We apologize, it looks like we made a mistake and have removed this false ban. You should now be able to play in VAC secured game servers within this game again.
Please see our Valve Anti-Cheat System (VAC) Article for more information about how VAC Bans are applied.

[Pedro-NF]

Origineel geplaatst door Aueshnik:

GUYS, DID WE DO IT? DID YOU GET JUSTICE?)
where are my promised gifts ? some knife))

Well, I'm not greedy, so I'll humbly accept NorTh WinD's Karambit.

[Sakikoですは]

Origineel geplaatst door AbDouN:

Origineel geplaatst door Makima:

appreciate your response <3

btw , i got a notification :

Your VAC ban in Counter-Strike 2 has been removed.
We apologize, it looks like we made a mistake and have removed this false ban. You should now be able to play in VAC secured game servers within this game again.
Please see our Valve Anti-Cheat System (VAC) Article for more information about how VAC Bans are applied.

Congrats,also lol@valve for rushing this release so bad there handing out falsepositives like in 2016 again

[KING]

Origineel geplaatst door Akio:

Origineel geplaatst door AbDouN:

btw , i got a notification :

Your VAC ban in Counter-Strike 2 has been removed.
We apologize, it looks like we made a mistake and have removed this false ban. You should now be able to play in VAC secured game servers within this game again.
Please see our Valve Anti-Cheat System (VAC) Article for more information about how VAC Bans are applied.

Congrats,also lol@valve for rushing this release so bad there handing out falsepositives like in 2016 again

False positives happen all the time, and get removed quickly, like this did. A huge one for instance happened in april, as op mentioned as well, where 3x this ammount of users was banned and unbanned. However this time just so you know, 2000 users were banned in a day period and so far only around 100 were unbanned, so a 5% error margin, big, but those were already unbanned, so the error margin is now basically 0.1% unless they're about to unban way more than that but I doubt it because there's very few users that still claim they got banned unfairly atm. Anticheat is working fine. One of the largest cheats just got detected as well, so there was bound to be some missfire, but they addressed it well and faster than usual actually.

[Pitty]

Origineel geplaatst door NorTh WinD:

Origineel geplaatst door Morbidly Majestic:

Why are you still using windows 7?

I use Windows 7 because my work environment requires it, and some older games are not very compatible with Windows 10. Furthermore, Windows 7 is supported by Steam until the end of the year. Even if I switch to Windows 10 later this year, it doesn't violate Steam's terms.

Dude if your work requires win7 you should consider changing your job at all xD

[Sakikoですは]

Origineel geplaatst door Pitty:

Origineel geplaatst door NorTh WinD:

I use Windows 7 because my work environment requires it, and some older games are not very compatible with Windows 10. Furthermore, Windows 7 is supported by Steam until the end of the year. Even if I switch to Windows 10 later this year, it doesn't violate Steam's terms.

Dude if your work requires win7 you should consider changing your job at all xD

what? there's some legacy software across different industries that require old systems lol,get out there with your 0 real world sense kid

Origineel geplaatst door KING:

Origineel geplaatst door Akio:

Congrats,also lol@valve for rushing this release so bad there handing out falsepositives like in 2016 again

False positives happen all the time, and get removed quickly, like this did. A huge one for instance happened in april, as op mentioned as well, where 3x this ammount of users was banned and unbanned. However this time just so you know, 2000 users were banned in a day period and so far only around 100 were unbanned, so a 5% error margin, big, but those were already unbanned, so the error margin is now basically 0.1% unless they're about to unban way more than that but I doubt it because there's very few users that still claim they got banned unfairly atm. Anticheat is working fine. One of the largest cheats just got detected as well, so there was bound to be some missfire, but they addressed it well and faster than usual actually.

Oh,it really happens much more often than I think

[temper]

Origineel geplaatst door Pitty:

Origineel geplaatst door NorTh WinD:

I use Windows 7 because my work environment requires it, and some older games are not very compatible with Windows 10. Furthermore, Windows 7 is supported by Steam until the end of the year. Even if I switch to Windows 10 later this year, it doesn't violate Steam's terms.

Dude if your work requires win7 you should consider changing your job at all xD

The US military still uses windows xp. Even banks run older operating systems because they need it for their software.

[naxisize]

Origineel geplaatst door Dooby-Scoo:

cheaters get banned simples

braindead dog where are you?

[gasSsbe]

Origineel geplaatst door NorTh WinD:

2023/10/03 unbanned Update

First of all, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone, whether you believed in me or not. It's because of all of you that this article gained traction and allowed Valve to hear our voices.

As a Steam user who strongly opposes cheating and has never used cheats myself, I understand that it's not easy to convince you all of my innocence once I was labeled. However, there were people who chose to believe in me despite the label, and I'm truly thankful for that.

I also want to thank those who passionately criticized me, accusing me of being a liar and a cheater while I was still locked. Without your responses, this article wouldn't have gained such high visibility, and perhaps Valve wouldn't have noticed it.

Once again, I genuinely appreciate all of you.

What's somewhat disheartening is that the primary wave of unlocks seems to be focused on Windows 7 users. There are still a few Windows 7 users in the community who haven't been unlocked, along with Windows 10 and 11 users.

I believe it will take some time for VALVE to address these wrongful bans. Our group, which was locked earlier, took about 10 days to be unlocked, possibly due to the order in which they were processed.

Perhaps in a few more days, it will be your turn to be unlocked. I also wish for the speedy unlocking of those who are still wrongfully banned.

Hello, everyone , Moderators.

Until Valve clears our names, I don't care how you label us, whether it's as liars, cheaters. Arguing about these matters is meaningless.

Of course, I can't vouch for whether any players other than myself have used cheats or if there is indeed a cheater among our team.

The occurrence of the incident

I obtained access to CS2 testing on September 1st, and during that period, everything was normal with green trust factors.I didn't have red trust factors.

For anyone who may not be familiar with what trust factor is, here's an explanation:https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/00EF-D679-C76A-C185

On September 17th I played two CS2 matches with friends, and my trust factor was still green at that time.

However, the next day, September 18th, I could no longer play with my friends.Because my trust factor had changed from green to red within a day. This change prevented me from playing CS2 or CS1 normally.

With a green trust factor, it took only about 5 minutes or less to find opponents. However, once it turned red, the waiting time for matches increased to approximately 30 to 60 minutes. I couldn't afford to wait that long, and even when I did find matches, my teammates didn't have service medals, were beginners, or were using cheats.

Confused

I initially wondered if perhaps I had been reported by teammates or strangers during my matches the day before, but I felt my performance was quite average. However, considering that my trust factor went from green to red within a single day, I became concerned.

Therefore, on 9/19, I sent two emails to Valve. One was addressed to the CSGO Team Feedback regarding trust factor at CSGOTeamFeedback [at] valvesoftware [dot] com. The other email was sent through Steam Support.But Steam support but didn't get any useful response. They just told me to play more CS:GO.

Testing another account (XX)

And on 9/18, because my main account had a red trust factor and couldn't play with friends, I decided to use another account (XX) to play. This account (XX) also had a green trust factor, so we found opponents within 5 minutes and played just two games of CS2 before calling it a day.

On 9/19, I tested my main account again, which still had the red trust factor and couldn't find matches. So, I continued to use the green trust factor account (XX). However, to my surprise, on 9/19, this account (XX) also turned from green to red trust factor within a single day. This seemed highly unlikely because I had only played 2 matches with this account (XX) - it couldn't have turned red that quickly, right?

The occurrence of the ban

On 9/23 in the middle of the night, I discovered that my main account had received a GAME BAN. In a hurry, I checked my other account(XX), and found that it was still fine. However, after a few hours, this account (XX) also received a GAME BAN, just like my main account.

But i have another account(XY), which I use exclusively for CS1, as I didn't qualify for CS2. This account remained unaffected and didn't receive a GAME BAN.

Suspecting the possibility

In essence, there is a high likelihood that this issue is related to playing CS2 on Windows 7, as playing CS1 on Windows 7 doesn't seem to have the same problem, based on my tests. If there were something wrong with my computer, both CS1 and CS2 should result in GAME BANs, but that's not the case. Only the accounts played CS2 on my Windows 7 machine and experienced the transition from green to red trust factor within a day were eventually GAME BANned a few days later.

I find it highly unusual that my account went from green trust factor to red trust factor within a day.

Currently, Windows 7 users cannot directly launch CS2 due to what I suspect may be related to the minimum system requirement of Windows 10. When clicking the "Play" button, the game starts and then immediately closes. However, we can still play CS2 by finding the CS2 icon in the CSGO folder. Even though it shows "VAC was unable to verify your game session," if a friend or someone else hosts the lobby and invites us, we can still play together. I'm not sure if this issue is the cause of the BAN, but I have shared the details with you.

So why aren't there as many people affected by this recent wave of mistaken bans?

This goes back to Steam hardware investigation. According to... https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey.Only a small percentage, 1.1%, of players are using Win7, and not every Win7 player is playing CS:GO. Among those playing CS:GO, not all of them are eligible or inclined to play CS2.This group is quite small, and that's precisely why we are speaking out.

Here are the current posts in the CSGO discussion board, and these people share similar experiences with me:

(1). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463511592097/
(2). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463507609801/
(3). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463505228008/
(4). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463507876854/
(5). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463508661756/
(6). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463508075747/
(7). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463505017930/
(8). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463498234642/
(9). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/5291222824585950665/
(10). https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3879344463513278428/

Users who are suspected to be affected

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/needvalvefixit/discussions/0/3878218962823751953/

But we have discovered some common characteristics!

(1).Most of them use the the Win7 operating system.
(2).Their accounts are mostly old accounts, with over 5 years of history.
(3).Their playtime ranges from approximately 500 to 2000 hours, and even more.
(4).Almost all of them noticed their trust factor turning red (due to playing CS2) shortly after the update on September 15th.
(5).Around September 20th to 24th, some of them started receiving GAME BANs.

These signs make it seem like perhaps cheaters during this period went a bit wild? They chose to use cheats on their old accounts? Or maybe Valve's anti-cheat system had some issues?

Let's take a look at what happened three years ago when 5e caused Valve's VAC system to mistakenly ban many players with VAC or Game bans.

https://twitter.com/CounterStrike/status/1316830402753916928?s=20

I just want to say that Valve's anti-cheat system is not foolproof, and there may be cases of players being mistakenly banned.

But the reason many people spoke up during that previous wave was because 5e was a global platform used by many players at the time.

Self-declaration

Lastly, I want to reiterate that I've invested a lot of time and effort into this account. I love the Steam platform and enjoy playing games like CSGO, PUBG, APEX, NARAKA, and more. I have never considered cheating to solve any problems, which is why my playtime is high. While I don't like to bring this up, my inventory does have some value. No one would risk using an account of such value for cheating, and I hope Valve can see this.

To be honest, we've tried various ways to appeal this issue, but Valve's lack of response or action is something we cannot accept. So, we are speaking out to defend ourselves.

We have submitted complaints through several channels, but none have received a response:
1.STEAM support center.
2.CSGOTeamFeedback [at] valvesoftware [dot] com.
3.cs2team [at] valvesoftware [dot] com
4.Counter-Strike: Global Offensive discussions. (These discussions are often locked by moderators, preventing us from gathering more people to voice our concerns.)
5.Reddit

We earnestly request the moderators not to delete our posts. Please listen to our thoughts. We don't want to argue about who among us might have cheated or not. We just want the truth.

If possible, we need more players with similar cases to come forward and ask VALVE to investigate and fix this bug.

So we can get justice.

Thank you to everyone on this board.

If anyone can get in touch with Valve staff, please let me know. Thank you.

This article is also posted on Reddit. If comments are locked here, please discuss it on Reddit. The same article is posted on three different Reddit threads, but the content is identical.

{1). https://www.reddit.com/r/csgo/comments/16r18e4/game_ban_bugs_with_window7/
(2). https://www.reddit.com/r/cs2/comments/16r17oh/game_ban_bugs_with_window7/
(3). https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/16r18yf/game_ban_bugs_with_window7/

I've also created a Steam group. If there are individuals with similar experiences, please feel free to apply for membership directly.

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/needvalvefixit

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Greetings!
I have the same problem, I just downloaded cs2, played literally one game and in the morning I received a block. What did you do and what do you recommend doing?
In my case, several days have already passed and I am very worried.
Naturally, I never used any cheats.
Please help me!

[Pitty]

Origineel geplaatst door temperance:

Origineel geplaatst door Pitty:

Dude if your work requires win7 you should consider changing your job at all xD

The US military still uses windows xp. Even banks run older operating systems because they need it for their software.

we all know that the US is behind mate. They even still think EU is an country. We know that their system is back about 50 years

[Pitty]

Origineel geplaatst door Akio:

Origineel geplaatst door Pitty:

Dude if your work requires win7 you should consider changing your job at all xD

what? there's some legacy software across different industries that require old systems lol,get out there with your 0 real world sense kid

Origineel geplaatst door KING:

False positives happen all the time, and get removed quickly, like this did. A huge one for instance happened in april, as op mentioned as well, where 3x this ammount of users was banned and unbanned. However this time just so you know, 2000 users were banned in a day period and so far only around 100 were unbanned, so a 5% error margin, big, but those were already unbanned, so the error margin is now basically 0.1% unless they're about to unban way more than that but I doubt it because there's very few users that still claim they got banned unfairly atm. Anticheat is working fine. One of the largest cheats just got detected as well, so there was bound to be some missfire, but they addressed it well and faster than usual actually.

Oh,it really happens much more often than I think

Yeah wrong industry then with companys that dont want to spend money at all

[temper]

Origineel geplaatst door Pitty:

Origineel geplaatst door temperance:

The US military still uses windows xp. Even banks run older operating systems because they need it for their software.

we all know that the US is behind mate. They even still think EU is an country. We know that their system is back about 50 years

This isn't exclusive to the US.

[Sakikoですは]

Origineel geplaatst door Pitty:

Origineel geplaatst door Akio:

what? there's some legacy software across different industries that require old systems lol,get out there with your 0 real world sense kid


Oh,it really happens much more often than I think

Yeah wrong industry then with companys that dont want to spend money at all

Think of the small businesses dude,they can't afford the ever changing expensive software licenses