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The VAC shield is also displayed on the Steam server browser to indicate if a specific server is VAC protected.

A visual representation of this notification may be found here. Cheating will result in a permanent ban". Servers are VAC protected if the following notification is displayed when joining a server - "Note: This server is VAC secured. How do I know if a server is VAC protected? VAC is an automated system and server administrators may not impose a VAC ban. The server administration team for the server in question have decided to prohibit you from joining their server, but you have not received a VAC ban and as a result you may continue to partake on other game-servers. If you receive the notification message "STEAMID IS BANNED" when attempting to join a game-server then you have received a server side specific ban. The VAC system detects cheats using cheat signatures, and should a cheat be detected by VAC the offending player will receive a VAC ban.Ī VAC ban is not to be confused with a server side specific ban. Any modification to a game which allows for one player to have an advantage over another player may be considered a cheat. Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) is an anti-cheat component of the Steam platform, and it is used to protect against in-game cheating in a variety of games.