Valve Anti-Cheat (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Valve Anti-Cheat" in English language version.

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aftonbladet.se

esport.aftonbladet.se

Lundgren, Tobias (November 21, 2014). "DreamHack: "We will take special precautions at DHW"". Aftonbladet. Schibsted.
"Team Property statement regarding emilio". E-sport. October 11, 2014.
Engstrand, Simon (February 24, 2015). "Emilio admits cheating, wants to compete again". Aftonbladet. Schibsted.

bbc.co.uk

news.bbc.co.uk

"Online cheaters face games ban". BBC News. BBC. August 29, 2002.

bluesnews.com

"Eric Smith, Valve, HLDS mailing list, October 2001". Blue's News.

counter-strike.net

csnation.counter-strike.net

rizzuh (June 19, 2003). "New VAC Module (2)". CS-Nation. Archived from the original on June 19, 2003.
efficient (November 16, 2003). "VAC Updated". CS-Nation. Archived from the original on December 11, 2003.

csoonline.com

Ms. Smith (February 16, 2014). "Some gamers steamed over alleged Valve anti-cheat DNS spying". CSO Online. International Data Group.

dbltap.com

Jarek "DeKay" Lewis (March 26, 2020). "Finnish CS:GO Player Jamppi Sues Valve Over Alleged VAC Ban". DBLTAP. Minute Media.

dexerto.com

Amos, Andrew (March 27, 2020). "CSGO pro Jamppi sues Valve over permanent VAC ban". Dexerto. Dexerto Limited.

doi.org

Blackburn, Jeremy; Simha, Ramanuja; Kourtellis, Nicolas; Zuo, Xiang; Ripeanu, Matei; Skvoretz, John; Iamnitchi, Adriana (2012). WWW 12 Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference - Branded with a scarlet "C": cheaters in a gaming social network. International World Wide Web Conference. pp. 81, 89. doi:10.1145/2187836.2187848. ISBN 9781450312295. S2CID 2609577.

dotesports.com

Cooke, Hunter (October 3, 2023). "Valve appears to undo false VAC bans for Windows 7 CS2 players". Dot Esports.
Biazzi, Leonardo (March 2020). "Jamppi reportedly sues Valve over VAC ban that prevented him from signing with OG". Dot Esports. GAMURS Group.

dslreports.com

KoshVorlon (September 25, 2001). "Punkbuster to stop HL/CS development". DSLReports.

engadget.com

McElroy, Griffin (July 27, 2010). "Valve apologizes for banning over 12,000 legit Modern Warfare 2 players". Engadget. Verizon Media.

escorenews.com

"CS2 receives huge VAC-ban wave, falsely accused Windows 7 users reportedly get unbanned". Escorenews.com. October 3, 2023.

eurogamer.net

Nightingale, Ed (October 25, 2023). "Counter-Strike 2 players banned for moving mouse too quickly". Eurogamer.

gamesindustry.biz

Meer, Alec (July 27, 2010). "Valve offers free game after 12,000 false Steam bans". Gamesindustry.biz. GamesIndustry International.

hltv.org

Luis "MIRAA" Mira (October 9, 2014). "emilio VAC banned mid-match". HLTV. HLTV.
Milan "Striker" Švejda (February 25, 2015). "emilio Admits to Cheating". HLTV. HLTV.
Luis "MIRAA" Mira (November 21, 2014). "ESEA: "More to come soon"". HLTV. HLTV.

ieee.org

spectrum.ieee.org

Kushner, David (February 17, 2010). "Steamed: Valve Software Battles Video-game Cheaters". IEEE Spectrum. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

ign.com

Copeland, Wesley (May 1, 2017). "CS:GO eSports Community Shaken Following Revelation of Cheating". IGN. Ziff Davis.

kotaku.com.au

Grayson, Nathan (April 30, 2016). "Valve Steps Up Counter-Strike's Anti-Cheat Measures". Kotaku. G/O Media. Archived from the original on May 1, 2016.
Grayson, Nathan (May 3, 2016). "Valve Finally Cracks Down On One Of The Biggest Team Fortress 2 Cheats". Kotaku. G/O Media. Archived from the original on May 3, 2016.
Grayson, Nathan (December 24, 2014). "A Lot Of Cheaters Just Got Banned From Counter-Strike". Kotaku Australia. G/O Media. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014.

onlineesports.com

OES Admin (March 26, 2020). "Jamppi suing Valve for supposed unfair VAC ban". Online Esports. Sogosa Pte Ltd.

pcgamer.com

Prescott, Shaun (February 16, 2017). "Valve wants to take a 'machine learning' approach to Counter-Strike anti-cheat". PC Gamer. Future plc.
Park, Morgan (October 24, 2023). "Counter-Strike 2 is banning players for moving their mouse too fast". PC Gamer.
Maiberg, Emanuel (February 28, 2014). "Steam Family Sharing now available for all users". PC Gamer. Future plc.
Lahti, Evan (November 22, 2014). "CS:GO competitive scene in hacking scandal, 3 players banned". PC Gamer. Future plc.

pcgamesn.com

Boudreau, Ian (January 6, 2019). "Valve banned a record number of players in December". PCGamesN. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
Peel, Jeremy (February 12, 2014). "Rust's new anti-cheat system is working - but Facepunch are 'never going to be finished fighting'". PCGamesN. Network N.

redbull.com

Higgins, Chris (November 25, 2014). "How to spot a hacker in Counter-Strike". RedBull.com. Red Bull GmbH.
Higgins, Chris (January 27, 2015). "The 5 most awkward CS:GO Pro bans". RedBull.com. Red Bull GmbH.

reddit.com

Newell, Gabe (February 17, 2014). "Valve, VAC, and trust". Reddit.

rockpapershotgun.com

Smith, Quintin (July 26, 2010). "Valve Anti-Cheat software goes a bit GlaDOS?". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Gamer Network.

semanticscholar.org

api.semanticscholar.org

Blackburn, Jeremy; Simha, Ramanuja; Kourtellis, Nicolas; Zuo, Xiang; Ripeanu, Matei; Skvoretz, John; Iamnitchi, Adriana (2012). WWW 12 Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference - Branded with a scarlet "C": cheaters in a gaming social network. International World Wide Web Conference. pp. 81, 89. doi:10.1145/2187836.2187848. ISBN 9781450312295. S2CID 2609577.

shacknews.com

Gibson, Steve (September 25, 2001). "Punkbuster Retires From HL". Shacknews. Gamerhub.

si.com

videogames.si.com

"Meet Xeonir, the man behind the Steam account with over 100 VAC bans". Video Games. Sports Illustrated. April 2, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.

sk-gaming.com

Fields, Aaron (2002). "Valve Anti Cheat Updated". SK Gaming.
Fields, Aaron (2003). "VAC Update". SK Gaming.

steampowered.com

support.steampowered.com

"Steam Support FAQ: I've Been Banned". Steam. Valve.
"Steam Support FAQ: Valve Anti-Cheat System (VAC)". Steam. Valve.
"Steam Support FAQ: Items Not Properly Awarded". Steam. Valve.

store.steampowered.com

"Steam Family Sharing". Steam. Valve.
"Steam Refunds: FAQ". Steam. Valve.
"VAC-enabled Steam games". Steam. Valve.

steampowered.com

"Update - Friday March 25, 2005". Steam. Valve. March 25, 2005. Archived from the original on March 26, 2005.
"New Counter-Strike: Source Map Coming Soon". Steam. Valve. February 11, 2005. Archived from the original on February 12, 2005.

storefront.steampowered.com

"Steam Message - Friday, November 17 2006". Steam. Valve. November 17, 2006. Archived from the original on January 6, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2002.

translation.steampowered.com

"Steam Translation Server: FAQ". Steam. Valve.

tomshardware.com

Shilov, Anton (October 13, 2023). "AMD Counter-Strikes Itself, Pulls Driver After Anti-Lag Feature Causes CS2 Bans". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved October 14, 2023.

toptiertactics.com

WiNGSPANTT (July 8, 2010). "Goldengate: The Engineer Update Scandal". Top Tier Tactics.

tweaktown.com

Smith, Chris (February 26, 2015). "Swedish professional CS:GO player Joel "emilio" Mako admits cheating". TweakTown. Tweak Town Pty Ltd.

web.archive.org

"Steam Message - Friday, November 17 2006". Steam. Valve. November 17, 2006. Archived from the original on January 6, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2002.
"Update - Friday March 25, 2005". Steam. Valve. March 25, 2005. Archived from the original on March 26, 2005.
"New Counter-Strike: Source Map Coming Soon". Steam. Valve. February 11, 2005. Archived from the original on February 12, 2005.
"Eric Smith, Valve HLDS Mailing List, July 2002". Planet Half-Life. GameSpy. Archived from the original on June 3, 2015.
rizzuh (June 19, 2003). "New VAC Module (2)". CS-Nation. Archived from the original on June 19, 2003.
efficient (November 16, 2003). "VAC Updated". CS-Nation. Archived from the original on December 11, 2003.
Bobev, Radimir (July 8, 2010). "TF2 Engineer Update Gets Serious – VAC Bans Issued". Device Magazine. Archived from the original on July 11, 2010.
Warr, Philippa (February 18, 2014). "Valve couldn't care less what porn you watch (Wired UK)". Wired.co.uk. Condé Nast Publications. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014.
Scullion, Chris (February 18, 2014). "Valve rejects claims it receives players' browsing history". Computerandvideogames.com. Future Publishing. Archived from the original on March 5, 2014.
Grayson, Nathan (April 30, 2016). "Valve Steps Up Counter-Strike's Anti-Cheat Measures". Kotaku. G/O Media. Archived from the original on May 1, 2016.
Grayson, Nathan (May 3, 2016). "Valve Finally Cracks Down On One Of The Biggest Team Fortress 2 Cheats". Kotaku. G/O Media. Archived from the original on May 3, 2016.
Grayson, Nathan (December 24, 2014). "A Lot Of Cheaters Just Got Banned From Counter-Strike". Kotaku Australia. G/O Media. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014.

win.gg

Nick J. (March 27, 2020). "Banned CSGO player Jamppi files lawsuit against Valve". WIN.gg. World Intersports Network Inc.

wired.co.uk

Warr, Philippa (February 18, 2014). "Valve couldn't care less what porn you watch (Wired UK)". Wired.co.uk. Condé Nast Publications. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014.

youtube.com

McDonald, John (March 31, 2018). "Robocalypse Now". youtube. Retrieved July 23, 2020.^{[dead YouTube link]}