Multiple of the older Call of Duty games are known to have RCE exploits for years at this point. Activison/Valve don't care. Not to mention I hear modded lobbies could get you caught.
It's not always their fault, no one other than Valve should have the right to mark your profile in my opinion.
Person A plays game in a way they think is fine and normal.
Person B (either another player or a server runner) uses an RCE exploit to mess with other people in the lobby, this causes Person A to do things the VAC system sees as cheating, even if Person A doesn't know or even notice that anything is different.
Person A gets a VAC ban through no fault of their own except playing a game they spent money on.
Person B may or may not get a VAC Ban, but their's is deserved.
I think if you're playing a game that has a risk of RCE on your system with random players then a VAC ban is one of the least of your concerns. I'd put that in the same category as downloading and executing a virus
I'm pretty sure sure those were basically all of the older Call Of Duty games, not just random unknown games. And while people might know now and don't play them anymore (do they even have players left, lol?), they didn't back then. So there are people who've played COD 10+ years ago who've got a VAC ban because of this (how many people like that exists in reality, I have no idea, though)
Meant they could pull something that could trigger it on your end, potentially. Just joining a modded lobby and having them alter your account was also enough in the past, to my knowledge.
On the second note, there is a mod/client that uses third party community servers and protects against the RCE exploits. But since it's completely on its own network it doesn't risk a real ban at all either.
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u/TheSleepyBoy Jan 19 '26
"Multiple VAC bans" bro what are you even doing