Valve Anti-Cheat System (VAC):da

Valve Anti-Cheat systemet er aktivt på servere med "Secured" logoet (et skjold). Hvis en spiller forbinder til en VAC-sikret server og vedkommende bruger snyde-programmer, vil VAC-systemet bandlyse spilleren fra alle VAC-sikrede servere i fremtiden.

Fordi server-administratorer kan bandlyse en spiller fra deres egen server, betyder det ikke at de kan bandlyse spillere over VAC. En server administrator kan ikke bandlyse en spiller gennem VAC, da systemet fungerer automatisk. Du behøver derfor ikke kontakte Steam Support for at melde snydere, og selv om du gør, vil Steam Support ikke gøre noget ved det, uanset hvad du sender med af oplysninger (video, demo, logs eller andet).

Alle VAC bandlysninger er for evigt - Valve vil ikke tolerere snydere.

VAC systemet er bygget til, ikke at kunne melde spillere der ikke snyder. Til gengæld hacks og snydeprogrammer (lavet for at give snyderen en fordel mod ærlige spillere), vil aktivere en VAC bandlysning. For eksempel, ændringer af spillets kerne eksekverbare (.exe) filer, eller dynamic link libraries (.dll) vil få VAC-systemet til at reagere.

Følgende vil ikke forårsage en VAC-bandlysning:

• Chat-programmer som X-Fire.
• At spille multi-player modifikationer der ikke ændrer kerne .exe eller .dll filer.
• En hardware ændring eller konfiguration.
• At spille med specielle (uofficielle) skins.

Benyt kun computere du stoler på, på VAC-sikrede servere. Hvis du ikke er sikker på, om computeren du vil spille fra har snyde-programmer installeret, så hold dig helt fra VAC-sikrede servere.

For yderligere oplysninger om Valves politikker, se da "Steam Subscriber Agreement" og "Rules of Steam Online Conduct".

Steam Subscriber Agreement

http://steampowered.com/index.php?area=subscriber_agreement

Rules of Steam Online Conduct

http://steampowered.com/index.php?area=online_conduct

Jeg får meddelelsen: 'Your connection to this secure server has been rejected. Because of past cheating violations, you have been banned from playing on all secure servers'

Hvis din konto er blevet bandlyst af VAC-systemet for snyd, bør du gøre dig nogle vigtige overvejelser:

Steam Support kan ikke ophæve bandlysninger foretaget af VAC.

Uanset hvem der benyttede din konto, på tidspunktet for bandlysningen. Brugen og sikkerheden af din Steam-konto, er dit ansvar.

Detaljerne vedrørende din bandlysningen vil ikke blive udleveret.

Steam Support vil ikke afsløre om det eller de fundne snydeprogrammer på din computer, ej heller dato eller klokkeslæt aftale-brudet fandt sted (se "Steam Subscriber Agreement" og "Rules of Steam Online Conduct" som du accepterede da Steam blev installeret).

VAC behøver ikke nødvendigvis bandlyse dig øjeblikkeligt, overtrædelsen kan være sket for flere dage, eller endda uger, siden, inden du får oplysninger om bandlysningen af din konto.

Din konto kan stadig bruges på usikre servere.

Din konto kan stadig bruges til at spille singleplayer spil, eller forbinde til usikre spil-servere, og til at spille på lokal-netværket. For at finde usikre (servere der ikke kører med VAC), skal du sætte filter-indstillingerne i server-listen til kun at vise servere der ikke har VAC aktiveret. I Steams hovedmenu under "View", vælg "Servers" og dernæst "Not secure" under Anti-Cheat listen.

Du får ikke dine CD-kode(r) tilbage ved at nedlægge din konto, så du kan benytte dem på andre konti. Det kan ikke anbefales at du køber og installerer nye spil på den bandlyste konto.

Køber du en ny kopi af spillet, registrer det da, eller installer det på en ny konto (der ikke er bandlyst). Før du installerer, fjern alle snyde-programmer fra din computer. Hvis du ikke ved hvor snyde-programmerne blev installeret, bør du overveje at formatere din computer, og begynde forfra med en ny installation af dit operativ-system.

The Valve Anti-Cheat system runs on servers displaying the "Secured" shield logo. If a user connects to a VAC-Secured server while using a cheat, the VAC system will ban the user from playing on VAC-Secured servers in the future.

While server admins may choose to ban specific players, server admins cannot VAC ban players. The VAC system is automated - contacting Steam Support to report cheaters is not necessary, nor will Steam Support act on any information provided.

All VAC bans are permanent - Valve has a zero-tolerance policy for cheaters.

The VAC system does not generate false-positives. Only hacks and cheats (modifications designed to give one player an advantage over other players) will trigger a VAC ban - any modifications to a game's core executable files (.EXE) or dynamic link library (.DLL) files will trigger the VAC system.

The following will not trigger a VAC ban:

• Using chat programs like X-Fire
• Playing multi-player mods which do not modify core .EXE and .DLL files
• System hardware configurations
• Playing with custom skins

Use only trusted machines to play on VAC-Secured servers - if you are not sure whether or not the machine you are using to connect to Steam may have cheats installed, do not play on VAC-Secured servers.

For more information on Valve's policies, please see the Steam Subscriber Agreement and the Rules of Steam Online Conduct.

Steam Subscriber Agreement

http://steampowered.com/index.php?area=subscriber_agreement

Rules of Steam Online Conduct

http://steampowered.com/index.php?area=online_conduct

I get the error: 'Your connection to this secure server has been rejected. Because of past cheating violations, you have been banned from playing on all secure servers'

If your account has been banned by the VAC system for cheating, there are several important considerations:

Steam Support cannot remove the ban on your account.

Regardless of whom was using your account at the time it was banned. The use and security of your Steam account is your responsibility.

The details of the ban will not be provided.

Steam Support will not disclose the cheats that were detected running on your system or the date and time the infraction took place.

VAC may not ban you immediately - the cheating violation may have occurred days or even weeks before the ban is apparent on your account.

Your account may still be used to play on unsecured servers.

Your account may still be used to play single-player games, or to connect to non-secure game servers and for games played over a LAN. To find non-secure servers, please change your filter settings in the server browser list to show servers which are not VAC-secured (from the Steam main menu go to the View option, select Servers and then select "Not secure" in the Anti-Cheat drop-down).

Deleting an account will not release its CD Key(s) to be used on other accounts. It is recommended that you not register retail products or purchase new Steam subscriptions on your banned account.

If you choose to purchase a new copy of the game, please register it or install it under a newly-created Steam account. Prior to installing, remove all cheats from your system - if you do not know where the cheats were installed, you may want to consider reformatting the machine and starting over with a fresh installation of your operating system.