这是一篇刊登在STEAM官方论坛上的长期置顶文章，全文如下：
READ THIS IF YOU HAVE BEEN BANNED
如果你被封禁，请看本文
READ THIS
看这里
First, if your account just got banned, you are probably pissed off. Before you go posting, read this so you can understand what has happened.
首先，如果你刚刚被封禁，你可能很气愤。但在你发帖子之前，请先阅读本文，好让你知道到底发生了什么事情。
WTF I got banned?!?!
为什么我会被封禁？
Your account got banned because VAC detected a cheat being used with your account. Period. It didn't make a mistake.
你的账户被封禁，是因为VAC检测到你的账户有作弊行为。一直以来，VAC从未出错。
We will not un-ban your account regardless of the reason. It doesn't matter if someone else used your account, you didn't know what you were doing was wrong, your brother or sister downloaded a cheat you didn't know about, etc.
无论什么原因，我们不会解封你的账户。不要说有人盗用了你的账户而你不知情，或者你的兄弟姐妹瞒着你下载了作弊器，或者其他任何原因。
Use of your Steam account is your responsibility.
使用你的STEAM账户是你的责任。
VAC may not ban your account immediately, the cheating violation may have occurred weeks earlier. That means you might have used a cheat, thought you were not caught, but actually you were caught. VAC just didn't ban you right away.
VAC也许不会马上封禁你的账户，作弊可能是几个星期之前的事情了。这意味着，你可能以为自己作弊而没有被抓到，事实上你已经被抓到了，只是VAC没有马上封禁你。
What can I do if I get banned?
如果我被封禁，我该怎么办？
You can still play single-player games or on non-secure servers through Steam (you can filter the server list in Steam to show "Insecure Servers" only (from the main Steam menu -> Servers -> Anti-Cheat -> "Insecure Only").
你还可以通过STEAM进行单机游戏，或者进入“不安全”的服务器(你可以通过过滤设置显示“不安全”的服务器，STEAM主菜单->服务器->反作弊->不安全)。
If you are going to purchase a new copy of the game, make sure you delete all previous versions of Valve's software prior to doing the install and make sure you get rid of any cheats you've installed (unfortunately, this might even require re-formatting your hard-drive).
如果你打算再购买一套游戏拷贝，你要确保把以前的所有Valve的软件都删掉才能安装新游戏，同样也要确保所有作弊器都被彻底清除(不幸的是，这可能会迫使你重新格式化硬盘)
If your account is banned then any new key (like if you buy CZ for example) you assign to that account will be banned as well. To prevent this, you should create a new Steam account so you can access VAC enabled servers with your new key.
如果你的账户被封禁，任何被绑定到这个账户的新序列号(例如CZ)都会被封禁。为避免这种情况，你需要用新的序列号建立一个新的STEAM账户才能进入VAC保护的服务器。
Be advised that if the cheat is still on your system, then you will most likely get VAC banned again with the new key. Make absolutely sure the cheat is gone before starting a new account with a new key.
请注意，如果作弊器还在你的系统之中，你的新序列号还会被封禁。在使用新序列号和新账户之前，请绝对保证作弊器已经被清除。
VAC Myths
VAC答疑There are some things people often blame or think is true about VAC. Most are false. Below are facts, not Myths ...
有些事情经常被误认为可能导致VAC封禁账户，事实上并非如此，以下就是例子...
Winamp or HLamp (a plugin for winamp) DO NOT get you banned.
Winamp或者HLamp(Winamp的一个插件)不会导致封禁。
Using buy scripts, or any other cfg file script will NOT get you banned.
使用购买脚本，或者其他配置文件脚本不会导致封禁。
Custom skins, sounds, etc. WILL NOT get you banned. However some custom skin packs also have cheats installed. Be VERY careful about what you are installing before you install it.
自定义的皮肤、声音等等，不会导致封禁。然而有一些自定义皮肤可能带有作弊器，因此你在安装它们的时候必须非常小心。
Microsoft Windows Service Patch 2 won't get you banned.
微软的WindowsSP不会导致封禁。
VAC does NOT scan your hard drive
VAC不会扫描你的硬盘
VAC does not exist to make Valve money, but rather because players said they wanted Valve to do something about cheaters.
VAC不会给Valve带来经济收益，除非玩家要求Valve对作弊者采取某种行动(可能翻译有误) 。
People on servers or server admins can't get you banned on all VAC enabled servers.
服务器中的玩家和管理员都不能使你被全部使用VAC的服务器封禁。
Modified versions of maps (clear walls, etc.) do NOT get you banned. If you can connect to a server with a map, it's fine.
修改过的地图(例如透明的墙壁) 不会导致封禁。如果你能用这个地图连接到服务器，那就没问题。
The "AKS WARRIOR" friendslist phenomenon was not responsible for any "false bans" either, it was merely a DB problem.
“AKS WARRIOR”好友功能不会出现“错误封禁”，事实上它只是一个数据库程序(可能翻译有误) 。
I AM STILL SO %#(*)@%# MAD!
我要%#(*)@%#发疯了！Do us a favor. Don't post on here and ask for "proof" or say you weren't cheating. Nobody will believe you, and it won't do you any good except maybe to vent a bit.
给我们点面子，不要在这里发帖子求情或者辩解说你没有作弊。没有人会相信你，耍嘴皮子对你没有任何好处。
