Why would I be banned? I couldn't really answer the question very well so I decided to make a list of possible reasons and why they should not be reasons for a ban
- Tsearch - A program I have installed that is a "memory hacking" tool. It is a tool I use for other programs that could probably be used to try and hack in a Valve game. I have never used it to hack in any Valve game, and you tell the program specifically what other program you want to mess with and it only changes things from that. There is no way it could have modified anything from Valve. Although they might have seen it and decided I was hacking when I was not.
- Google Desktop Corruption - Around the time I was banned my google desktop was severely corrupted. It was so bad that any file I opened began to give my errors because google desktop was trying to archive it and it would run into problems. It eventually brought Windows to it's knees and I am still trying to completely remove the corrupted files and folders. (It won't let me uninstall, delete, or even open the folder. Not even the geek squad tools could get it off.)
- Deskpins - A program I run that will pin any window to "always on top." I don't believe I've ever used it with steam, and I doubt the program could actually be mistaken as a hack for changing game files or anything. I've certainly never used it while a game was running though, it does sit idle in my task bar though.
Valve has refused to acknowledge that any of these things has caused it. They simply insist that they cannot discuss what actually caused it with me.