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clp891
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1 month ago

Riot's Vangard Anti Cheat triggered Apex Easy Anti Cheat?

I know many are not going to believe me, but I am not a cheater and I got banned from Apex Legends. I got banned on May 15th. I didn't even play the game on this day but a friend of mine told me that sometimes the ban gets delayed a few days. The last time I played the game was May 12th. The next time I launched the game was May 17th where I was surprised to find that I had been banned. No email notice or anything just bam you can't login to Apex beacuse you were cheating. At first I thought my account had been hacked since I don't use any form of "Gameplay Enhancements". I appealed many times, but to no avail. I downloaded my EA account data and sifted through both the login and Apex Legends data. These confirmed that my account was secure and no one else had been logging into my account as well as specified that the game flagged my acount for "aim snapping". So what could have caused my ban? I figured it was just a mistake. A false positive. I continued to appeal, but got the same auto reply email each and every time: "After carefully reviewing your appeal, we confirmed that the pentalty on your account for cheating was applied correctly and should remain in place." Sad and discouraged, I eventually gave up and made a new account. Sad and disappointed to have lost years worth of skins and player progress, but at the very least I could play my favorite game again. Fast forward to last night, I launch Apex to find I got banned on the new account?! Since it has happened to me twice now, I realized it could be something that is running in the background that is triggering the Apex anti cheat. The first time I was banned this had crossed my mind, but I have not downloaded anything new to this computer that would cause a new reaction from Apex's Easy Anti Cheat. However, now that another account has been banned that must be the only explanation with all the recent updates to Apex Anti Cheat it must be something I have on my computer that is causing me to get banned. I have gone through applications on my PC that run in the background using Task Manager and found that "vgtray" riot's vangard anti cheat was set to run on startup for some reason meaning even if I didn't launch any riot games it was still doing something in the background. Some other possibilities that Apex Anti Cheat may not like is logitech g hub, signal rgb, razer synapse. ***I have since deleted g hub and razer synapse and disabled vangard on startup***

On another note, if anyone knows how to reappeal a case that EA has closed. Since I have now gotten banned on a second account I will not be making any others. Instead I am hoping to get my main account back, but since it has been so long since I last appealed, EA Terms of Service team has closed my case; meaning I no longer have either the appeal or reappeal button. If anyone knows how to open a new case or reappeal a closed case please let me know. Or if you have any ideas on what software or anti cheats for other games that might be triggering Apex Anti Cheat please let me know. I am at my wits end and just want my Apex account back.

Below I have attached a couple of things. Login data that confirms I didn't login on May 15th. You will see that the login dates go from the 12th to the 17th. If it is true that bans can take few days to hit, then I suppose this doesn't really matter. The reasoning=null meaning (at least I think) that there was a lack of reasoning for my ban when the ban was triggered. Finally, ban info from the Apex html file sites aimsnap for the reasoning behind my ban.

Please help.

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    clp891
    Rising Newcomer
    11 hours ago

    Update for anyone who cares:

    Got curious, redownloaded Apex, and signed into both accounts to find that they had both been unbanned. No notifications though, but at least I get to play now. Feels a little bad that they didn't say anything at all to me. Just unbanned me from the shadows, but again at least I get to play after 4 months of being banned.

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