The fact he sounds clueless and had DEP disabled already rings alarm bells that he's not telling you the truth. (messing with some viruses..?)
Most Ring0 cheats involved disabling DEP and hence why VAC now enforces DEP. Obviously anyone can just disable this for different reasons hence why it does not VAC you just fail to authenticate. On 6 June 2014 13:36, Mathias Aerts <[email protected]> wrote: > If he really received a VAC ban, it should say so on his Steam community > profile. > Not being able to connect to VAC secure servers can also be the result of > a problem with VAC authentication. > > If he does have a VAC ban, it probably has its reasons. If not, I suggest > you check the link I posted earlier. > If that doesn't help either you can go to the Steam forums and ask for > help there, or contact Steam Support to resolve the issue. > > However, this is not the right place to discuss this any further. > > > Mathias > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 14:26:32 +0200 > > Subject: Re: [Csgo_servers] VAC banned > > He was told that he was VAC banned in CSGO. He was disconnected while we > played the match, and the next day he couldn’t connect to VAC secure > servers. > > > > *Fra:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *På vegne af *Mathias Aerts > *Sendt:* 6. juni 2014 14:05 > *Til:* [email protected] > *Emne:* Re: [Csgo_servers] VAC banned > > > > A friend of mine had the same problem last week. The exact message was the > following: > > "An issue with your computer is blocking the VAC system. You cannot play > on secure servers." > > > > The culprit was some dodgy antivirus or anti-spyware software he had > installed on his computer. > > I told him to clean up the software and the problem disappeared. In other > cases DEP can also be the problem. > > More information can be found here: > https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2117-ILZV-2837 > > > > Being disconnected for having a problem with "VAC authentication" is not a > VAC ban. > > If you get disconnected from a match (multiple times) because of this, you > might receive a competitive cooldown, > > however, this cooldown is not VAC related. > > > > Mathias > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 19:13:57 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Csgo_servers] VAC banned > > I got something like this a couple of weeks ago. It took me days to > figure out what was wrong, which was, of course, DEP was not turned on. Do > a quick Google to find out why its not letting you turn it on. When I got > to the DEP part, I was able to enable it just fine. > > — > Sent from Mailbox <https://www.dropbox.com/mailbox> > > > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Dennis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > This question might not belong here, but I'll give it a go anyways. My > friend (yes, it wasn't me) was VAC banned from CSGO 2 days ago. He claimed > that he didn't hack, and I had to believe him, even though I've heard many > lame excuses to cover for a VAC ban. We were playing competitive when he > got > disconnected due to something with VAC authentication. We were losing the > match, and he had the lowest score, which made me believe in what he said. > We've been playing together for a very long time, and he has never played > so > good that you would suspect him for hacking. > I started looking into the problem, and stumpled upon a reddit post where > people claimed they had been VAC banned without hacking. A lot of people, > actually. Apparently it had something to do with DEP was turned off. I > asked my mate to open TeamViewer so I could check something, and I saw > that > DEP was turned off. I asked him why, and he said he was messing with some > virusses a long time ago, and that it had to be turned off. Don't get me > wrong, he's not one of those bad guys, infecting computers and shit. > > Reading a bit more into the case, I saw that Valve recently published an > update that needed DEP to be turned on, without really stating it > anywhere. > Have any of you guys ben affected by this? I saw some guys on Reddit > saying > that they didn't get a permanent ban, but he wasn't told whether or not > the > ban was permanent. > > Dennis > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://csgo-servers.1073505.n5.nabble.com/VAC-banned-tp7195.html > Sent from the CSGO_Servers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Csgo_servers mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers > > > > _______________________________________________ Csgo_servers mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers > > _______________________________________________ Csgo_servers mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers > > _______________________________________________ > Csgo_servers mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >
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