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I have received a VAC ban - why?

[SIZE=12px]The following notification will display should you receive a VAC ban, indicating that a VAC ban is now in operation - "[/SIZE][SIZE=12px]Your connection to this secure server has been rejected. Because of past cheating violations, you have been banned from playing on all secure services[/SIZE][SIZE=12px]". If you receive the notification message outlined above, the VAC system has, based on its cheat signatures, detected a cheat operating on your system. As a result a VAC ban has been imposed and has come into operation to restrict you from joining VAC protected servers. It should be noted that VAC employs the use of delayed bans in order to disrupt the development process of cheats - a ban imposed today may have been the result of a cheat detected by VAC two weeks previously.[/SIZE]

I have received a VAC ban - what do I do now?

[SIZE=12px]As Valve has a zero-tolerance policy towards cheating, all VAC bans are permanent in nature and will not be lifted over time. Once you receive a VAC ban you may no longer play on VAC secure servers. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=12px]You may continue to play your single-player games. You may also continue to play on VAC-insecure servers. You may access a list of insecure servers by doing the following:[/SIZE]

• Open Steam.
  
• Select the "View" drop-down tab.
  
• Select "Servers".
  
• Select "Change filters".
  
• Select "Not-Secure" under the VAC drop-down list