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Per public Steamworks docs, VAC (Valve Anti-Cheat) detects cheaters primarily by which mechanism?
ASignature matching of known cheat memory patterns
BPure manual reports from other players
CReplacing all game DLLs with signed versions
DBanning everyone with high kill-death ratio
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Signature matching of known cheat memory patterns
Steamworks VAC FAQ: VAC scans process memory for known cheat signatures + behaviour patterns. Bans are delayed in waves to obscure detection methods.
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