. . "When the software detects a cheat on a players system, it will ban them in the future, possibly days or weeks after the original detection. It may kick players from the game if it detects errors in their system's memory or hardware. No information such as date of detection or type of cheat detected is disclosed to the player."@en . . . "Yes"@en . . . . . . "Anti-cheat software"@en . . . . . . . "Microsoft Windows, Linux"@en . "2002"^^ . "Valve Anti-Cheat, otherwise known as VAC, is an anti-cheating system created by Valve and used mainly for multiplayer Steam games, released in 2002. It has stopped numerous amounts of players from cheating online. When a player is detected cheating in a VAC-Secure server, the player will be marked for cheating and will get banned from VAC servers permanently. VAC bans are delayed approximately 3-4 weeks."@en . . "Valve Anti-Cheat"@en . . . "Valve Anti-Cheat"@en . . . . . "Windows XP and later, OS X, Ubuntu"@en . "Valve Anti-Cheat, otherwise known as VAC, is an anti-cheating system created by Valve and used mainly for multiplayer Steam games, released in 2002. It has stopped numerous amounts of players from cheating online. When a player is detected cheating in a VAC-Secure server, the player will be marked for cheating and will get banned from VAC servers permanently. VAC bans are delayed approximately 3-4 weeks."@en . "Active"@en . . . "Proprietary"@en . "When the software detects a cheat on a players system, it will ban them in the future, possibly days or weeks after the original detection. It may kick players from the game if it detects errors in their system's memory or hardware. No information such as date of detection or type of cheat detected is disclosed to the player."@en .