What's the chance to get a false ban ?

[res]

Like really so many people say they r not cheating so I'm wondering if it's possible if they got banned for nothing. Any thoughts ?

[Guiltron]

It's pretty rare. However there are chances that you might get one accidentally on ban waves, but it's automatically removed once proven to be false.

[An1m3 最高]

Very little, if it were to be a false vac ban then it would be removed eventually. Just like the incident where the cevo client gave people a vac ban but it was reverted later on https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/60q8k1/just_got_vaced_during_cevo_game/df8ftli

[Jim Thirwell]

Seen 2 or 3 in the last two years on here. They are truly rare. I feel that part of the delay between detection and the ban being applied is spent double checking

[XXX]

i seen 1 removed ban here in my 5 years Career.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

I have used Steam since day one., I've played Counter-Strike since 2002 (when VAC was introduced) In that time, I've probably seen ten false positive VAC bans. They are rare, no matter what anyone tells you.

[Mr.Kim]

There 0.001% chance as positive fail VAC Ban. Like 1 person's account remove a VAC Ban by automatically.

[Commander Makara]

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Like really so many people say they r not cheating so I'm wondering if it's possible if they got banned for nothing. Any thoughts ?

It's extremely improbable that an account will be banned in error since all detection methods are only formed from actual known cheats and any detections made are complimented with a wealth of colelcted data all of which is routinely scrutinised.
Should a ban be applied prior to the identification that a detection may have some ambiguity, the ban is rolled back along with existing pending flags.

There were teething problems and histroically human error resulted in false-positives which were all lifted (thousands of users were compensated with free games too) however since those earlier days, the system has been tightened up immensely and is incredibly robust.

Even with the historical false bans, VAC remains the most accuraet, reliable Anti-cheat system by far. Particularly where permanent accoun bans are concerned, false-positives are extremely undesirable.

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EVEN IF there was a case where an account is banned ddue to some ambiguity in the detection method - this would not be "for nothing". Something on the end/users device would be acting suspiciously like a cheat and be rare enough to not be well known antivirus package or "legitimate" other software for example.
It's within the cheat's repertoire to claim nonsense or spread propagandsidsed misinformation such as "Banned for opening Notepad.exe" or "Banend because I used xxx username" or "Banned because I was using Cheat Engine in some other game".

[ReBoot]

People lie. Or rather cheaters lie. When someone claims not cheating but their stats show world-class headshot performance in the last 2 matches compared to way below average during the previous games, it's a lie.
When someone claims the ban was false but then mentions that their cousin cheated, the claim of false ban is a lie.
The thing is, cheaters are scumbags and there's nothing preventing a scumbag from lying (their morality compass won't do that as they don't have one). Furthermore, cheaters & cheat developers were often found in the past riling up anti-VAC propaganda campaigns (=spreading alternative facts, read: blatant lies) about how VAC bans for user names and whatnot.

And then there's the occasional dumbass thinking they haven't cheated (so the ban is false) but openly admitting cheating (using some bhop script.exe, ghosting, although the latter results in game bans, not VAC bans).

My point is, don't believe what people claim.

[Astraea Kisaragi]

Look. The best pros playing tournaments, had like 27-28% accuracy, people claiming having false bans have arround 50%. So always take those with a pinch of salt.
False bans indeed do happen but they are usually reversed earlier as the affected one notices it.

[J4MESOX4D]

Most people claiming false bans usually have suspiciously inflated stats that they are unaware exist in the public domain. You see someone come in with the classic 'banned for no reason' and then you see they have 16% accuracy which is below average yet boast a headshot hit-rate of 40%+ which is more than 2x their base accuracy and even better than pro players.

Someone who's accuracy is terrible but they manage to land nearly every other bullet to the head is not credible and shows usage of aim assistance which is supported in concrete by the ban. Overwatch bans are final and VAC bans are incredibly accurate so false bans are almost unheard of. When they do occur, it's not usually isolated users affected either - it's either a wave or a pocket of unfortuante players and it is resolved very quickly indeed. A lot of affected players don't even bother posting - they read and understand the documentation and just wait patiently for a rollback resolution.

Either the user cheated or their account played on a device where cheats were detected as active. Their definition of cheating may differ to what Valve's is and it's that which may catch users out especially those that risk playing on public PC's.

[I know i'm shit but..]

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