RivaTuner Statistics Server is safe?

[CVPERCVTZE]

Hello everyone! I have a question about MSI Afterburner and RivaTuner Statistics Server, this is safe to use everytime when i play games in order not to get banned?
Thank you for answers!

[Zekiran]

Rivatuner has been known to interfere with Vac and other online interactions. That said: it isn't a cheat, but it DOES mess things up, so it's likely to throw an error.

Not sure what you mean by "in order not to get banned?" - it's not a cheat, nor is Afterburner, they're both absolutely safe outside of games. But as said - Riva is known to mess with things in ways that will make it difficult for some systems to work WITH anti-cheat systems, and that will directly stop you from playing until it's fixed. This isn't "for everyone" with them on their system, but it IS known to do this. You may or may not have a problem when using it. But since neither of those things are cheats... they're safe to use. Cheats, on the other hand, WILL get the account banned...

[EchelonOne]

I was just investigating this whole Rivatuner thing on Google and came across this post.
To Zekiran: Why does it say (Banned) in red lettering after your name?