VAC Updates Again

[CSN NewsBot]

Hi ho all you lads and lasses! This is DrMagus reporting in with even more VAC goodness. Seems a new module is in town and ready to do some serious damage to cheaters. These modules have even stiffer ban penalties and detect even more OpenGL cheats. Your server should update automatically, so check out Eric Smith's e-mail below![break="eric smith's e-mail"]

*** This only affects Counter-Strike and Day of Defeat servers. ***



We've updated the public security modules again. These security modules detect more OpenGL cheats with increasingly greater ban penalties for repeated detections.



Your Counter-Strike and Day of Defeat servers should update themselves automatically. Let me know if you have any problems with these security modules and we'll look into them right away.



Thanks.



Eric Smith

Valve

[Dirk]

Good to see that VAC is once again back in action.



-dp-

[alfuh]

whenever anything goes wrong i bet erik and eric get tons of hatemail, but i wonder how many emails they get thanking them for continuing support on a great product.



eh .. i wont start the trend .. too lazy =P

[Steakeater]

Wow, Valve has really been on the ball keeping up with cheats!

[FLeK0]

go valve

[kareeser]

That's a lot of security updates, :)



It'd be a lot simpler if they didn't tell ANYBODY that they updated the cheats, so the VAC actually bans the cheaters, instead of having the cheater read the message, turn off their cheat, and play... :P



Oh well. I don't run a server, so I really don't care, :P

[sniperwarz]

is this why my cs is down....?

[Dirk]

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kareeser wrote..

That's a lot of security updates, :)



It'd be a lot simpler if they didn't tell ANYBODY that they updated the cheats, so the VAC actually bans the cheaters, instead of having the cheater read the message, turn off their cheat, and play... :P



Oh well. I don't run a server, so I really don't care, :P

It's better that he stopped telling people what cheats it blocked and detected.



-dp-

[nix]

GOOD JOB VALVe

[Foo2rama]

kareeser wrote..

That's a lot of security updates, :)



It'd be a lot simpler if they didn't tell ANYBODY that they updated the cheats, so the VAC actually bans the cheaters, instead of having the cheater read the message, turn off their cheat, and play... :P

Even if Valve didn't say server admins would very easily be able to tell as they can check logs and look at the files for vac and see when they updated.



But GG! Valve gj keeping on top of the lamers out there. Ever thought about a lawsuit claiming damages from people writing haxs? I mean you do lose money from sales when people hear about cheating

[m0ss]

kareeser wrote..

That's a lot of security updates, :)



It'd be a lot simpler if they didn't tell ANYBODY that they updated the cheats, so the VAC actually bans the cheaters, instead of having the cheater read the message, turn off their cheat, and play... :P

I know what you're saying, but then the guys working on VAC would get ZERO credit for their hard work to stop kiddies from ruining a good game. But I do understand your logic though.

[-:Nighthawk:-]

At this point, some people have to test each cheat against VAC to see if it works or not. Some people will get banned in the meantime. Additionally, as the listings of working cheats shrink, VALVe has their "hit list" made up for them. :)



Either way would work, but the guys at VALVe certainly wouldn't get the credit they deserve if they weren't mentioning their work. That's a good side effect, and I don't really see how it damages their effectiveness, so I say good work.

[abel]

think about it.. a CS without cheats.. that'd be the day i lost my virginity!

[HobblinHarry]

abel wrote..

think about it.. a CS without cheats.. that'd be the day i lost my virginity!

the day i have sex with a girl will be the day i lose my virginity

[Serious Sam]

MY HAXS NO LONGER WORK!!!



Hahaha, hope someone from naacs sees this funneh stuff.



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Finally! Vac has gotten it's act together and managed to stop the untill recently undetected hacks. Thank goodness.



-uaf ss