Would it be possible to lift a VAC ban?

[Lord]

Hello, as you guys know Csgo got a huge ban wave, I believe many including me got caught in it. I and many others do not use cheats, could the bans be a mistake and Valve just messed up? If so is it possible for me to get back to csgo on this account?

[Three English Letters شازام]

The ban is permanent.

Either you or someone with access to your account used a known cheat and got banned.
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/9/882959527688934488/

If your ban really was a mistake it will automatically be removed.

[Frank ツ]

Originally posted by Bogdanoff:

and many others do not use cheats

How on earth can you possibly know this?

[Snivy]

You can play CSGO on this account at any time... on servers where VAC is disabled or locally that is.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

Originally posted by Bogdanoff:

Hello, as you guys know Csgo got a huge ban wave, I believe many including me got caught in it. I and many others do not use cheats, could the bans be a mistake and Valve just messed up? If so is it possible for me to get back to csgo on this account?

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VAC Bans are permanent: Do not ask to be unbanned

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=143962136

[Lord]

not asking for people to unban me, asking if it is even possible for me to get unbanned if it is a mistake

[Snaggle]

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

[Frank ツ]

Originally posted by Bogdanoff:

not asking for people to unban me, asking if it is even possible for me to get unbanned if it is a mistake

still no answer to my question

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

Originally posted by Bogdanoff:

not asking for people to unban me, asking if it is even possible for me to get unbanned if it is a mistake

Can I appeal my VAC ban?
No. VAC bans cannot be appealed. If a VAC ban is issued incorrectly it will be automatically removed after investigation, but Steam Support does not manually remove VAC bans applied to accounts for any reason.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=4044-QDHJ-5691&l=english#appeal

....and less than 1% of all VAC bans are incorrect.

[JPMcMillen]

Originally posted by Bogdanoff:

I and many others do not use cheats

A VAC ban doesn't mean you used cheats, only that either cheats or unapproved modifications to the game were detected on the machine you were playing on.

[Frank ツ]

Originally posted by Bogdanoff:

not asking for people to unban me, asking if it is even possible for me to get unbanned if it is a mistake

yes

but, and i speak from experience, the chance that that would happens is something like 0,0000000000000001% and the chance that you are lying is 99,999999999999999%

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

Originally posted by Bogdanoff:

The same thing happened to me yesterday, I bet valve is just making people buy new accounts to earn more money

Nope.


https://web.archive.org/web/20170518101403/http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=33811431&postcount=36

[Commander Makara]

The information you need is clearly available if you simply click on the "info" icon next to the VAC ban notice or alternatively, check the relevant Knowledge Articles provided by Steam Support.

VAC bans are placed due to the detection of "cheats" (as defined per YOUR agreement) on a device. Nothing to do with whether you used any potential offered by these cheats or were even aware of their existence.

IF such a ban is determined to have been issued incorrectly - which is astronomically unlikely - then it is removed automatically.

There is no need to post here.

_

If you wish to "get back to CSGO with this account" you simply connect to non-secured servers and have fun playing against all those others caught in this "ban wave"

[BubbaBlitz]

No one can help you, if its a false ban it will be removed automatically. You just have to wait and see.

[Zekiran]

Originally posted by BubbaBlitz:

No one can help you, if its a false ban it will be removed automatically. You just have to wait and see.

^^

I have seen a total of ONE actually-erroneous ban removed here over the last 2 years now, so... the chances of these "oh no why" bans recently is low but not ... COMPLETELY out of the question.

I will say that Steam's servers have been wonky lately, above and beyond the tuesday maintenance issues that come up every week, though, and there HAVE been some moments of "I saw a ban on my account but now it's not there" - though those didn't last longer than the couple hours it took to fix server glitches.

I'm just more guessing there was a cheat that recently got swept into the system.