In Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2 and Deadlock can replace anti-cheat VAC

On October 23, Valve removed references to Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) from its games. Currently, the popular anti-cheat program is no longer reported on the Steam Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2 pages.

Valve has not yet released any statement, but players believe that the company will soon introduce a new solution to detect cheating programs in the game. Insiders have already reported about it – the software will allegedly include modern solutions, including diagnosing cheaters using analysis from neural networks.

VAC first appeared in 2002 with the release of Counter Strike 1.4. Since then, improved versions of the anti-cheat feature have appeared in the company's other online games: Team Fortress 2, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Counter-Strike 2.