The original post: /r/techsupport by /u/Minimum-Pollution-59 on 2025-02-19 07:53:50.

In August last year i got falsely perm banned in all COD games for “Unauthorized software and manipulation of game data” and i have absolutely no idea why, and the support team have denied my request multiple times, so i gave up on the game”

I got perm banned maybe hardware banned while playing on my steam account. My activision is linked to both Battle.net and Steam so i got banned on both.

I have since got a new PC because the other one was old. I still use my steam account for other games than COD, and used a new Battle.net account to test if Warzone worked, and i haven’t been banned on my new Battle.net account after a few months of testing. (Played a game or two each weak)

So my question is, do i have hardware ban if i can still use my old steam account for other games than COD without getting ban on the new Battle.net account (i haven’t opened COD on the Steam account, only on Battle.net)

I am asking since i want to use my old Battle.net account for Overwatch since i have ALOT of skins and all heroes on there, but don’t wan’t to risk the hardware info being updated on the old account and getting the new pc banned.

Does Steam only game ban without hardware ban meanwhile Activision and Blizzard counts it as a hardware ban?

Srry if it is confusing questions, ask if you need a better explanation.

I only ask because i want to be able to sell the parts from new pc in the future and don’t want people to get banned for using the pc parts.