Do VAC bans go away after 7 years?

VAC bans are permanent, non-negotiable, and cannot be removed by Steam Support. If a VAC ban is determined to have been issued incorrectly it will automatically be removed. If you wish to discuss Valve Anti-Cheat with the community, you may do so here.
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Are VAC bans for life?

VAC bans are permanent and cannot be removed from an account. If a VAC ban has been issued incorrectly it will automatically be rolled back by the VAC team. You can learn more about Valve Anti-Cheat here. Game Bans are used by game developers to address malicious behavior that falls outside of VAC detection.
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What is the oldest VAC ban?

Permanent bans were first used in 2005. the oldest ban would be about 14, nearly 15 years old now... that's a LOT of days.
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When did VAC bans become permanent?

VAC's initial release was with Counter-Strike in 2002. During this initial release, the system only banned players for 24 hours. The duration of the ban was increased over time; players were banned for 1 year and 5 years, until VAC2 was released in 2005, when any new bans became permanent.
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How long does a rust VAC ban last?

You will be barred from servers if you have any accounts with a VAC or a game ban in any game (including Rust) that is less than 180 days old. Accounts connected to multiple Rust game bans will have their bans permanently imposed.
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Do Steam bans go away after 7 years?

Will a VAC ban ever be removed?

VAC bans are permanent, non-negotiable, and cannot be removed by Steam Support. If a VAC ban is determined to have been issued incorrectly, it will automatically be removed. If you wish to discuss Valve Anti-Cheat with the community, you may do so here.
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Are Rust bans permanent?

Accounts linked to more than 1 Rust game ban will be banned permanently.
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Can you get UN VAC banned after 10 years?

VAC is a ban only given by Valve games, DbD and other games give game bans and when they appear on your profile they are normally permanent as far as I know. I don't think DbD uses VAC. But, to answer your question anyway - no, VAC bans are permanent. Support staff will not and cannot remove them.
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How many VAC bans can you get?

Technically there is no limit on how much VAC bans you can have on your Steam Account however if you one of those People who likes to collect "VAC bans", they may terminate your Community Profile/Steam Account.
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How does VAC detect cheats?

VAC detects cheats in games by scanning for unauthorized modifications, checking for foreign processes, and using signature scanning to identify known cheats.
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Can you get VAC banned without cheating?

No. We are aware that cheat software exists for single player and offline games, but VAC bans are only issued when software provides an advantage on VAC-secured servers.
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Can VAC banned accounts trade?

Can I Still Trade Items With a VAC Ban? No. A VAC ban locks your account and prevents you from trading your skins, meaning the money you spend on skins is locked on that account forever. You can, however, receive new items, but cannot send them.
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How long does a VAC ban take?

How long does it take to get VAC ban? If you're hacking, then we'll just report you. It can take between 1 second - 1 month. seen players get overwatch ban after 6 hours.
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How much does a VAC ban last?

VAC bans are permanent. You're only banned from the game you cheated in, though.
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Do VAC bans carry over?

If you are wondering why it's the case, it's because a VAC ban will carry over to all games using the same engine, which in this case it's Source Engine. So it means you will not be able to play other games like TF2, Half Life and practically all other Valve games.
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What's the difference between a VAC ban and a game ban?

VAC ban is for cheating in-game on VAC protected servers. A community ban can be issued for multiple reasons and means the account cannot purchase, use the market, add friends plus use other features. VAC bans I think have to do with file detection. Game bans have to do with VACnet detection.
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Who is the most banned account on Steam?

And with the ultimate goal of 100 game bans in sight, they both know it'll be over soon and Xeonir will be cemented as the most-banned player in all of Steam.
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What results in a VAC ban?

It's important to note that VAC bans are a permanent consequence for players whom the system has found to use cheats or unauthorized software. Once the Valve Anti-Cheat system detects this behavior, the player will no longer have access to any VAC-protected servers.
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Can I get banned from Steam for pirated DLC?

Of course you can. It's against Steam's TOS to use pirated content on their service.
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Can you get VAC banned twice?

Click here to jump to that post. As stated, you CANNOT get VAC banned in the same game twice. Are you even reading what you are being told? If thats the case can you explain why the day counter reset and whether or not that can trigger a VAC ban on other linked accounts.
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What games does VAC ban you from?

GoldSrc
  • Counter-Strike.
  • Counter-Strike: Condition Zero.
  • Day of Defeat.
  • Deathmatch Classic.
  • Half-Life.
  • Ricochet.
  • Team Fortress Classic.
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Do game bans ever go away on Steam?

Regardless of who was using the account at the time the ban was issued, game bans are permanent and are not removed.
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How to get VAC banned?

If you were on a VAC-Secured server playing a game with hacks installed and were caught then you will get vac-banned for that game for life.
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Does VAC hardware ban?

VAC only bans accounts, not people or hardware component.
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Why did Vietnam ban Steam?

Vietnamese developers believe Steam is illegally selling some games. A more rogue theory than most, but currently the most evidenced. It is supposed that Steam has been releasing hundreds of thousands of unlicensed games into the Vietnamese market.
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