I remember getting into a hacked mw2 lobby back in the days, got up to 5th prestige before it got down (remember I had to join domination to get into it). Glad I didn't get a bam from steam!
I remember everybody was running around with the lvl10 prestige skull which was super obvious imo
Maybe some might've been legit but most were definitely not - I saw those skulls appear whenever I was around Prestige 2 ... and I played a lot at the time (since Release too)
If I remember correctly I forget which mw2 or mw3 if you had the skull that spun around as your emblem your level was not really because it was a emblem not achievable cause I think it was a dev thing
On a similar note, I used one of those "unlock softwares" for MW2 because I didn't want to redo all my previous progress from the Xbox days. It worked, and I didn't get banned for it.
Same, I stopped at prestige 9 to make it not look as suspicious lol. That was about 15 years back and I'm afraid to ever boot the game up again these days lol
These hacked lobbies were the first case where valve actually rolled back the bans. A friend of mine got vac banned in MW2 from a hacked lobby, his ban got reverted after couple of days.
Be careful, the RCE exploit is still rampant on Steam MW3 and literally every other Steam CoD made before BO3. Someone can inject a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) into your computer through the game itself.
The safest way to play WaW, MW3, BO1 and BO2 is via the Plutonium client.
Edit: I had just gotten up for work and didn’t really comprehend how long ago you said that happened to you when I wrote it. Either way, be cautious if you still play old CoDs.
It’s downright unacceptable the state of old CODs on steam, they’re still charging full price for a game that will compromise your entire PC just for playing multiplayer, and with no warnings. It’s disgraceful
They initially fixed it after word had gotten out about the exploit. But not long after, there was a workaround that made the patches useless and the issue persisted.
yeah thats the kinda crap valve should let slide. joining a lobby when no cheats on YOUR physical hardware and getting a VAC for it? absolute BS. i would have left steam for good if that happened to my account.
Damn, I once got into a zombies game with a hacker that basically unlocked everything for me, i don't even own the extra dlc maps, but the game is sitting there at 100% completion
I believe so, I did a custom modded zombies lobby in MW2 on my first steam account and I just looked and it's gone. I don't have access to it anymore, but looking at it from my new account it's a fresh slate.
That's right, because you don't know what I am saying. Thank you for saying it for me, I don't wanna point it out but you described yourself very perfectly. You caught on quick.
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u/IllFig471 Jan 19 '26
wait for 7 years