got vac'd a few days ago

[ANNIHILATION]

So apparently I looked into it and ccleaner along with cheat engine mess with the game and maybe thats why I was banned? idk I cheated on my old account and I deleted the cheats however apparently it stays on ur pc anyway even after you delete them and that could have also caused it so like... I dont know what to do because I dont know how to prove I wasnt cheating and it sucks

[The Wild Gunmech]

Vac bans are issued for KNOWN cheats being on a device your account was used on. Just having the cheats installed is enough to warrant a VAC ban. Just deleting the cheats is not enough. You have to wipe and reinstall your OS. The ban is permanent and will not be removed. Valve does not have a faulty system, you apparently didn't remove the cheats properly so you have no one to blame but yourself.

[Xite >X< 👁️👁 🇦🇺]

Format your PC, stop installing cheats and get a new account, this one is perma banned, forever.

[ANNIHILATION]

Thats stupid though if you think about it because I cheated on my old acc yes but like.. I was being a legit player for so long and I spent so much money and now VAC decides to ban me just because I have something I installed a long ass time ago that was deleted like.. Thats dumb.

[The Wild Gunmech]

Messaggio originale di ANNIHILATION:

Thats stupid though if you think about it because I cheated on my old acc yes but like.. I was being a legit player for so long and I spent so much money and now VAC decides to ban me just because I have something I installed a long ass time ago that was deleted like.. Thats dumb.

You are the reason you were banned. YOU failed to properly remove the cheats, it's not Valves fault. So don't blane VAC for doing what it was designed to, detecting known cheats and issuing bans accordingly.

[Snaggle]

Cheat Engine and CCleaner cause errors that prevent you joining servers but they don't cause bans (CE will if you inject it into the game and attempt to edit memory).

Clearly the cheats weren't deleted properly and for whatever reason it was running on your machine at the time you joined a VAC secured server. It's not Valves fault that you didn't remove them properly or that you had them in the first place.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=4044-qdhj-5691

[ANNIHILATION]

Well I know it was running on my machine the cheat had trojan virus with it and was taking 500mb of my ram constantly and my disk usage was always at least 20% usage.

[Snaggle]

Messaggio originale di ANNIHILATION:

Well I know it was running on my machine the cheat had trojan virus with it and was taking 500mb of my ram constantly and my disk usage was always at least 20% usage.

So you knew it had a virus and you failed to act on it? I don't quite understand your logic here but the damage is done.

Nuke your PC from orbit and start again. This time don't install cheats.

[The Wild Gunmech]

Messaggio originale di ANNIHILATION:

Well I know it was running on my machine the cheat had trojan virus with it and was taking 500mb of my ram constantly and my disk usage was always at least 20% usage.

And there are pletny of tools that could have gotten rid of it. Again, you FAILED to properly remove the cheats and all related files to it. Next time properly reformat the device before you attempt to connect to a VAC secured server.

[ANNIHILATION]

I installed cheats a long ass time ago lmao like my vac ban on my old account was 350ish days ago. I just installed pc decrapifier and norton yesterday so hopefully those will clean all of the files that are harmful once I run a scan or two

[Snaggle]

At least you can remove the comments on your profile saying you never cheated considering you've already told us you used cheats on a previous account and still had them active on your PC on this account...

[The Wild Gunmech]

Messaggio originale di ANNIHILATION:

I installed cheats a long ass time ago lmao like my vac ban on my old account was 350ish days ago. I just installed pc decrapifier and norton yesterday so hopefully those will clean all of the files that are harmful once I run a scan or two

Even doing that may not remove the cheats. You HAVE to reformat the devixe to be sure the cheats are gone.

[Xite >X< 👁️👁 🇦🇺]

Delete the game and redownload it, it has modified files.

[ANNIHILATION]

Messaggio originale di Xite >X<:

Delete the game and redownload it, it has modified files.

Not how that works... apparently you have to completely reformat the drive and redo everything

[Snaggle]

Messaggio originale di ANNIHILATION:

Messaggio originale di Xite >X<:

Delete the game and redownload it, it has modified files.

Not how that works... apparently you have to completely reformat the drive and redo everything

Cheats very rarely edit the actual files of the game. It's the memory of the game that they manipulate. Downloading the game again probably won't solve anything as you still have the actual cheat file apparently somewhere on your PC (with a virus attached to it as well I might add) and it is still causing you problems.

You tried deleting it once before but apparently that didn't work. And now you've gone 300+ days with a cheat (with a virus) still active on your PC and yet you don't seem to really care much. Clearly deleting it before didn't work. The next best thing is to reformat your PC.

But it's up to you. It's your PC and your future Steam accounts.