I got VAC banned for having debugging tools on my PC

[RIP ME]

I was playing CSGO without hacks or any modifications and I tried to go onto a Arms Race game and I am VAC banned. Please help.

[Fatalizzzee]

29 hours and a vac ban. Did you use any third party things such as Hex editing?

[RIP ME]

On a private game, yes

[Fatalizzzee]

sv_cheats 1 has nothing to do with VAC...

[RIP ME]

No, I didn't use hexing or anything of the sort

[El Bandito]

....

[RIP ME]

I have cheatengine installed for debugging, but it dosen't run. Could that be it?

[RIP ME]

I called steam support, but I doubt that will do anything

[Fatalizzzee]

Cheatengine is for hex editing. That will cause a vac ban.

[RIP ME]

That is unacceptable. It wasn't being used for CSGO.

[RIP ME]

So I have to make a new account I guess, but can I transfer my games?

[Alien Identity]

Oh, cheat engine, that will be it. you are using cheat software.

What is VAC?
If a user connects to a VAC-Secured server from a computer with identifiable cheats installed, the VAC system will ban the user from playing that game on VAC-Secured servers in the future.
The VAC system reliably detects cheats using their cheat signatures. Any third-party modifications 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.

[Fatalizzzee]

You cannot transfer your games, you will need another account to play CSGO however.

[RIP ME]

Originally posted by Alien Identity:

Oh, cheat engine, that will be it. you are using cheat software.

What is VAC?
If a user connects to a VAC-Secured server from a computer with identifiable cheats installed, the VAC system will ban the user from playing that game on VAC-Secured servers in the future.
The VAC system reliably detects cheats using their cheat signatures. Any third-party modifications 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.

But it wasn't running for CSGO

[✿ My ✿]

Originally posted by Maxcr1:

Originally posted by Alien Identity:

Oh, cheat engine, that will be it. you are using cheat software.

What is VAC?
If a user connects to a VAC-Secured server from a computer with identifiable cheats installed, the VAC system will ban the user from playing that game on VAC-Secured servers in the future.
The VAC system reliably detects cheats using their cheat signatures. Any third-party modifications 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.

But it wasn't running for CSGO

Doesn't matter. You do know it has "cheat" in the name right???

[RIP ME]

So apparently you can't have debugging software for game coding and CSGO on the same computer or Valve flips out