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I guess that's why a simple google search of your rather unusual username gives a hit on a well known cheat site :blink:

The one thing we know for sure about VIOLATION (PB HACK) 130808 is that raising that violation incurs a globalguid ban. This means that Even Balance themselves have banned the pbguids' of any players that have raised a PB HACK 13038 violation. This means that the pbguid of any player that raises VIOLATION (PB HACK) 130808 will not be able to join any PB enabled server for that particular game genre. This means that no third party anti cheat site has any input what so ever on bans issued on players who have raised a PB HACK 13038 violation. This means that the only reason the players pbguid appears on the PBBans MBI, is because the player joined a streaming server immediately after EB activated the globalguid ban on his pbguid. Here is all we have re any global ban that has been issued by Even Balance;

If your ticket contains "wtf is going on" ....... don't hold your breath waiting for a response :P Just for info, the release date for windows 8 was October 26, 2012 The stable release date (RTM) was August 1, 2012 While your waiting, we have had a few reports of players who have installed windows 8, fixing their PB issues by running PB Service installer (pbsvc.exe) again.

47200 is the server rcon/query port ... the port you use when adding a server to your team account is the actual game/join port. rcon/query port to set things up. game/join port when adding to a team account. If you are unsure what your servers full address is .. you add the server address that shows in battlelog to your team account. http://www.pbbans.com/forums/finding-your-server-ip-t152938.html

Why not create a troubleticket with Even Balance and ask them. http://www.evenbalance.com/troubleticket/

Just for information to anyone who thinks that PunkBuster™ software is somehow associated with PBBans ........... it's not. PBBans is not affiliated in any shape or form with Even Balance (the creators of PB software) We can make educated guesses on various issues based on past experience, but that's all they are ... educated guesses. The only method of contact re PB issues is via the Even Balance troubleticket system. http://www.evenbalance.com/troubleticket/

Even Balance does not support beta operating systems. Judging by past experience, when windows8 is released as a retail product a fix will immediately precede, or soon follow, the release date. In the meantime it would be best practice to create a troubeleticket with EB and list exactly what errors you are receiving.

The suspected cheater may be using the damage modifier that comes with the BF3 tweaker crap ... as you are aware PBBans kicks for using the tweaker via an issued MD5 scan, so we can do something about it until EB issue a violation number for it. The same goes for cheats that are still in the silent logging phase or not been issued violation numbers yet. PBBans can and does issue bans based on MD5 tool scan evidence. That's why it is so important to keep on top of the issued MD5 scans for your particular game genre.

You should always be prepared for when PBBans is under ddos attack (which we are now) Reading this topic will instruct you on what you should have done a while ago :P http://www.pbbans.com/forums/additional-ucon-profiles-t150048.html The people who instigate these attacks seem to think that that PBBans is somehow connected to Even Balance, that gives you an idea of how "clever" (insert sarcasm) they are. All that a ddos attack specifically targeting PBBans does, is to cut off an information source that is available to everyone (cheater and non cheater alike) No assistance can be given to anyone seeking to appeal a cheat related false positive. No one gets to know if their ban is global or not, etc etc. Meanwhile, Even Balance and their PunkBuster™ software keeps trundling on ..... detecting ..... issuing globalguid bans etc etc. A ddos on PBBans has absolutely no effect what so ever on EB or their PB software.

http://www.pbbans.com/forums/battlefield-3-file-tweaker-and-md5tool-kicks-t164651.html/page__view__findpost__p__424718

Closed. Will be pruned after 7 days.

As stated previously in the thread, we can only comment on the PBBans stance re these various programes. We can not comment on what the EA/DICE, Even Balance stance is, or what their future intentions are re the various tweak programes out there. Extract from post #1 in this announcement; We = PBBans. PBBans can not predict what Even Balance or EA/DICE are going to do.

The whole point of us issuing MD5 scans to kick the users of the BF3 tweaker is all explained in the very first post of this topic which I specifically asked you to read. In case you missed it, here is why PBBans has issued MD5 scans to detect users of the BF3 tweaker; and with EA/DICE and Even Balance in full receipt of what this tweaker is capable of, do not be surprised if some time in the future, users end up with a ban of some description.

I don't see a need for a vote on anything. One of our core priorities is to provide streaming admins with the cleanest gaming environment as is humanly possible. By providing a MD5 scan that kicks for players using the BF3 tweaker that also contains settings to cheat with, we are helping provide that clean gaming environment. EA/DICE and Even Balance are aware of what is contained in the BF3 tweaker and either one, or both, may take more drastic action at some time in the future. It's a chance that users of this tweaker, such as Tags, will have to take, if they persist in using it.

Please read the original post of this topic.

We can not speak for Even Balance / PunkBuster™ software /EA/DICE, or anyone else for that matter. What we can do is speak on behalf of the server admins that stream their BF3 servers via PBBans. If you join a PBBans protected BF3 server that is running the PBBans issued MD5 scans and are using the BF3 tweaker, you will be kicked from the server. You will be able to play when the tweaker has been completely removed from your BF3 game install.

non fai niente, il problema è stato risolto [google translate]

Or anyone else for that matter :P Even Balance is a stand alone company with no affiliations to anyone else. Even Balance created, and use, PunkBuster™ software to detect cheat use. Even Balance provide tools to assist server admins in keeping their servers cheat free. Third party anti cheat organizations have no affiliations what so ever with Even Balance, but utilize the tools issued by Even Balance to also assist server admins who want to go that extra mile to keep their servers free of cheaters. Using PBBans as an example (I do have a little knowledge on the subject :P ) here is what third party anti cheat organizations are all about; http://www.pbbans.com/about-pbbans.html

I have personally given up on explaining anything on the BL forums. The normal scenario is that you post an explanation. One post later someone posts up the same issue, blaming EA / DICE / PB / EB .... the world and his dog :P and you are back to square one. The misinformation posts and knowledge base of the average BL forum member re anti cheat issues never ceases to amaze me.

Sorted :)

Grazie o0alexrayden0o :)

To be fair it was just a streaming admin that thanked another streaming admin for remaining civilized when posting about the MD5 issue. No GGC staff member accused eat5 of being uncivilized :) Anyways, as soon as someone from the GGC staff who has the right access levels wakes up, this will fast become yesterdays news :P

The MD5 issue is confined to servers that use GGC streaming. Instead of checking for the files existence, and if it exists issue a server side kick. GGC are checking for the files existence and if it does not exist, is issuing a server side kick. It's a basic mistake, but like it says on the EB website;

Your team account currently looks like this; *************************************************************** Team: Team Battlefield (TBF) Account ID: 11703 Streaming Status: Not Streaming (0 / 1) *************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------- Server List --------------------------------------------------------------- BF3 - 173.199.98.42:25220 --------------------------------------------------------------- User List --------------------------------------------------------------- Scarab (166550) BEASTUMOFO (181847) The server has not been configured correctly for PBBans streaming. Try using this on it; http://www.pbbans.com/automated-streaming-setup.html Remember to use the rcon/query port during the setup phase. Streaming will kick in instantly once you get it right. Are you saying you can not access this section of the forum to raise a ticket ? http://www.pbbans.com/forums/index.php?app=tickets

All you need to know about UAC3 is available via a google search, which I am sure you have already done :) Our expertise is third party streaming, and streaming via a top notch anti cheat site, using the provided MD5 scans and of course checking pbss on a regular basis, makes quite a difference in keeping servers as cheat free as is humanly possible. PBBans has 297 pbss related bans on the PBBans ban list, so I would not say they were useless as such :P Our regular forum members who have actually used the software may have some feedback for you re UAC3. In the meantime why not take a peek at this; http://www.pbbans.com/about-pbbans.html http://www.pbbans.com/streaming-application.html