WTF Valve?
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AfireAzuaki
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I am just curious, most likely wouldn't happened, but did you use any kind of site to get free steam games or something that can be potentially phishing sites?
Did you give out any of your account info to ANYONE?
May be dumb questions, but who knows, anything could have happened
Well Overall, I do hope you get your stuff back =(
I know how long you spent to get your inventory like that and upgrading you Unusual to your dream hat =C
Did you give out any of your account info to ANYONE?
May be dumb questions, but who knows, anything could have happened
Well Overall, I do hope you get your stuff back =(
I know how long you spent to get your inventory like that and upgrading you Unusual to your dream hat =C
6 that they're willing to admit anyways.
It's not probable but it's possible someone gained access to your account and then used hacks on it, or some other illegal activity such as duping.
Do you use the same password on your account elsewhere? ANY other site, including email? And check your spam/deleted box for any emails from steam. If you use gmail you can see if anyone has accessed your email as well.
And though it's HIGHLY unlikely, has your game crashed recently? It's a long shot, but I've heard of hackers using buffer overflows to execute code on clients, which has the potential to hijack accounts, modify the game, get you banned, ...
6 that they're willing to admit anyways.
It's not probable but it's possible someone gained access to your account and then used hacks on it, or some other illegal activity such as duping.
Do you use the same password on your account elsewhere? ANY other site, including email? And check your spam/deleted box for any emails from steam. If you use gmail you can see if anyone has accessed your email as well.
nope.
valve password is different from any other passwords
How protected is your computer? Is it possible yopu had a keylogger or something?
AfireAzuaki
Epic Skial Regular
What you did recently on your computer, unfamiliar downloads, trades, etc.
Recent changes you did to your computer, within your tf2 folder and stuff
Report any suspicious activities in the last few weeks. VAC bans are delayed, so even though you got banned today, it may have been triggered a few weeks ago.
- Suspicious trades and friend invites
- Suspicious servers
- ANY modifications
- Any tool you may use for recording videos (fraps, bandicam, ...)
- Try to ask if there's been any activity on your account. Get a list of IPs if you can.
On their steam page they say that VAC bans for file modifications within the game cased by 3rd-party software, "This includes modifications to a game's core executable files and dynamic link libraries."
This is the ticket I'm about to submit:
Today, I've logged into Steam on my personal computer to see that my account had been VAC banned and all my TF2 items erased other than the Uncraftable ones.
I do not understand why this ban was added, and I already understand you zero tolerance policy to remove or provide information on bans. However, this is my last and only resort to try and figure out what happened. I've asked an online community on what to ask and they suggested to include any changes to the Steam folder in the past month. Below are some of the changes that I've made to the Steam folder recently.
Today, I moved my "SteamApps" folder to my desktop to try and fix a bug with TF2 by reinstalling the entire game. However, my computer lost connection mid-download, and I renamed the new steamapps folder to "SteamApps - old" and moved the old SteamApps back to the Steam folder. However, while the files were being moved, I cancelled it because it was taking longer than expected. Then I tried moving the file again, this time with more success.
Also over last night, I ran a virus scan just as a regular routine every week, and I found nothing. The Virus application was Avast!
It was also suggested that I include any game mods that I have, and my activity within the past 24 hours.
I currently, in my TF2 custom folder, have a custom HUD, a reskin for the sniper scope (removing the scope overlay and retexturing the sniper dot), and some custom configs for classes and an autoexec running a popular performance script.
I logged in around 10:00 AM this morning, and had no kind of VAC status on my account. I logged off around 11:30 AM, and logged back on around 8:00 PM today to find that my account had VAC banned. I received no information that I was, or why I was banned. After which I posted a thread on a popular gaming community forums asking what had happened, and leading up to me posting this.
I do not understand why this ban was added, and I already understand you zero tolerance policy to remove or provide information on bans. However, this is my last and only resort to try and figure out what happened. I've asked an online community on what to ask and they suggested to include any changes to the Steam folder in the past month. Below are some of the changes that I've made to the Steam folder recently.
Today, I moved my "SteamApps" folder to my desktop to try and fix a bug with TF2 by reinstalling the entire game. However, my computer lost connection mid-download, and I renamed the new steamapps folder to "SteamApps - old" and moved the old SteamApps back to the Steam folder. However, while the files were being moved, I cancelled it because it was taking longer than expected. Then I tried moving the file again, this time with more success.
Also over last night, I ran a virus scan just as a regular routine every week, and I found nothing. The Virus application was Avast!
It was also suggested that I include any game mods that I have, and my activity within the past 24 hours.
I currently, in my TF2 custom folder, have a custom HUD, a reskin for the sniper scope (removing the scope overlay and retexturing the sniper dot), and some custom configs for classes and an autoexec running a popular performance script.
I logged in around 10:00 AM this morning, and had no kind of VAC status on my account. I logged off around 11:30 AM, and logged back on around 8:00 PM today to find that my account had VAC banned. I received no information that I was, or why I was banned. After which I posted a thread on a popular gaming community forums asking what had happened, and leading up to me posting this.
This. Cancelling the copying process could possibly result in broken files(not sure about that), and obviously missing files as well.
