Valve has a dedicated anti-cheat called VAC. The automated Valve Anti-Cheat system is used to detect cheats on players’ PCs:
“If a user connects to a VAC-Secured server from a computer with identifiable cheats installed, the VAC system will ban the user from playing that game on VAC-Secured servers in the future.
The VAC system reliably detects cheats using their cheat signatures. Any third-party modifications to a game designed to give one player an advantage over another is classified as a cheat or hack and will trigger a VAC ban. This includes modifications to a game’s core executable files and dynamic link libraries.”
The raiznews community took note of several “particularly distinguished players”. For instance, a user nicknamed murchar has received 116 VAC bans.
Top 10 Steam accounts by number of VAC bans:
- murchar — 116.
- xeonir — 101.
- Jonatas — 78.
- GILMUTDINOFF — 62.
- Mutoff — 56.
- VAC_MAN — 53.
- Dryg — 52.
- GET ON MY LVL — 51.
- $lv = $lv'n — 48.
- Way — 43.
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Cover art author: Valve. Image source: steamcommunity.com