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Wikipedia on PB hardware bans wrote:
Hardware bans
As of June 30, 2004, Even Balance has incorporated the usage of unique hardware identifiers to permanently ban players from all PunkBuster enabled servers who raise a violation that corresponds to hacking or interfering with PunkBuster's normal operation and therefore violating the EULA.
Even Balance uses multiple private one-way hashes so that no serial number information for individual computers can be determined by admins or anyone else who may try to obtain this information from a hardware GUID.
PunkBuster only gives a hardware ban if memory scans show that a cheat that is known to circumvent or disrupt PunkBuster's normal operation or its facilities is activated. Because of the size of the memory footprint of modern cheats and the use of a unique hash to identify that cheat.
As with previous PunkBuster GUID global bans, the new hardware GUID bans are permanent and will not be lifted. Even Balance has not disclosed which hardware parts are used to ban players, but trial and error has shown that the hardware GUID is based on the serial numbers of all available hard drives and the MAC addresses (which can be changed with a simple fix in the Windows registry) of all available network interfaces.
According to their EULA, Even Balance has the final say in matters of banning.
Did you buy your PC new, or from a friend/ebay/2nd hand?runningchronic wrote:
Don't go assuming I use hacks because I don't. I just bought this computer. I was told by a friend to come here with my problem and I thought I would hopefully find some help not get discriminated. Where do I find my stats? I already contacted Evenbalance and I have recieved no help from them. They just asked me when I bought my pc? This makes no sense to me at all. At least tell me what the kick code is for. I tried researching this problem else where and other people have the same problem.
A hardware ban is the most severe ban that PunkBuster can give. It is caused by some serious hacking. Did you buy this computer from a store or from a friend? If it's from a friend, that friend probably hacked a lot and got his computer banned from PunkBuster enabled gaming.runningchronic wrote:
Don't go assuming I use hacks because I don't. I just bought this computer. I was told by a friend to come here with my problem and I thought I would hopefully find some help not get discriminated. Where do I find my stats? I already contacted Evenbalance and I have recieved no help from them. They just asked me when I bought my pc? This makes no sense to me at all. At least tell me what the kick code is for. I tried researching this problem else where and other people have the same problem.
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Well, someone's hacking / has hacked with that PC or components that are in it.runningchronic wrote:
No I bought it a couple months back from cyberpower Inc.
That's your best solution right there. If you truly did not hack, then you should be able to get PunkBuster (Evenbalance) to unban you. However, PB isn't usually wrong with their bans. And even more seldom do they remove them.DonFck wrote:
Be as it may, the only ones that can/might help you is Evenbalance. Personally, I'd aim for getting a full refund from the hardware store, and a new comp.
It doesn't matter whether we believe you or not. We can't help you. Only Evenbalance can.runningchronic wrote:
I don't think thats at all possible because its been months since I bought this. In all honestly I'm being serious that I have never hacked with this computer. I bought 2142 almost right when it came out. I'm not going to go out, spend 50 bucks on a game just to hack and get banned. I have more brains than that.
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