Ban types

[Jim Thirwell]

Is there an official list anywhere ?
I know vac keeps its workings mostly secret for good reason

Vac is vac detecting known cheat signature on the pc
Game bans are either overwatch or the devs of the game issued bans
Permanently untrusted I understood to be the server side anti cheat logging inhuman aim reflexes etc

We see the combo of game ban being overwritten by a vac ban often as well when a delayed vac ban is applied early due to the account getting a overwatch game ban

Is there others ? Or have I got the list wrong ?

[Moon Warrior]

everything depens of game developers
Like game payday2 i saw there is in game banned list. or something like that i guess you typed a really hard question

[Commander Makara]

Originally posted by Jim Thirwell:

Is there an official list anywhere ?
I know vac keeps its workings mostly secret for good reason

Vac is vac detecting known cheat signature on the pc
Game bans are either overwatch or the devs of the game issued bans
Permanently untrusted I understood to be the server side anti cheat logging inhuman aim reflexes etc

We see the combo of game ban being overwritten by a vac ban often as well when a delayed vac ban is applied early due to the account getting a overwatch game ban

Is there others ? Or have I got the list wrong ?

To my knowledge, this is accurate and pretty much exhaustive of the current situation. The CUrrently Untrrusted flags are applied by VAC, only in their special case, there is no benefit to delaying the ban so the untrustede flag applies instantly to prevent access to secure servers until the actual delayed VAC ban is applied as normal. These bans are as you mentiond for serverside detections of truly impossible feats, also including CVAR patching which allow for sv_ commands to be entered via client without proper access.

Obviously (and I know you are fully aware of this, but just for completeness) the VAC detections also include certain unauthorised modifications to core files and all the bans are shared when accounts are associated by library sharing or by telephone number.

There is noofficial source aside from across various portions of Steam Support knowledge articles and very rare snippets from Valve staff (here or more popularly, Reddit).

The Moderator pinned threads are largely accurate, but somewhat outdated and written by moderators rather than Valve.

[xX_Love_Tap_Xx]

There are 4 ban types

• VAC
  
• Game
  
• Community
  
• Trade

VAC
the anti-cheat software on valve games, and getting one of these will stop you from been able to play online in all valve games.
Game
similar to vac but rather when a developer has implemented their own methods of catching cheaters, they then report the user as a cheater to Steam and Steam add it onto that users profile, in many cases the game developer will not allow the user to play online and steam has no influence on that decision
Community
Receiving a ban from a discussion forum on the steam website
Trade
received when a user is scamming another players inventory

You run a steam username though https://steamid.eu it will tell you if they or their friends have any bans, this however won't work for the ban type: game or if the user is private

Valve can also issue warning, they will continue letting you play online but your account won't be in "good standing", this isn't permanent and will return to good standing after some time.

see your VAC status --> https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/VacBans

Please comment my profile, if I've helped
I've been a steam user of 10 or so years, know the in's & out's

[ReBoot]

The CSGO forum has an official list of CSGO bans, if thats what you care about. Apart of that, the official list really is just VAC bans, game bans and community/trade bans.