Server browser weird 'forbidden' symbol

[J-M v2.5.5]

I'm wondering what this red 'forbidden' symbol means which I've been seeing randomly since the latest Steam update:

Does anybody know? I'm unsure wether I can safely join Anaxis' server now or not after reading the topic about the VAC banning.

 

[Netrogor]

Well I know what the forbidden symbol means, I used to have an account that saw thousands of those on Counter Strike
That is the symbol you get when VAC has banned you, and that server is VAC protected. Although, with my current acccount (which is in excellent/good standing) I have gotten those symbols before myself. They never did me any harm, they were just showing up because Steam is really buggy.
EXAMPLE: [/b]Friends Network

EDIT:
The account was given to me by a friend, don't mistake me as an ESP using, walling, aimbotting nublet.

 

[J-M v2.5.5]

It appears I was too late removing the bloom mod, or my account had already been banned before evilsquirrel gave the warning. That's right folks, my account has been banned from VAC secure servers for using the bloom mod.

So, just to let you all know, if you see those 'forbidden' symbols, you are ****ed up good.

 

[evilsquirrel]

go join the rest of teh people that got banned from bloom mod on the VAC forums...and watch how fast mods dont try to help you...

 

[Netrogor]

They'll probably view it as spam from random people with out rights to complain. Also, I bet they expect people who were banned for actually hacking to whine and claim they were users of the bloom mod.

 

[FuzzyFish]

Lol, so I was right in thinking VAC would ban you for that.

 

[Red Cell]

Lol, so I was right in thinking VAC would ban you for that.

Lawl, ditto, glad I didn't DL it.

 

[Kuroneko]

Well, the bloom mod -is- hacking. Despite it not being a hack designed to improve your performance, as it were, it does have all of the hallmarks of what a hack does, and how it functions.

 

[Netrogor]

Then it is the Valve team's job to make it so it is NOT checked as a hack; like making its CRC that is detected safe.

 

[Kuroneko]

Then it is the Valve team's job to make it so it is NOT checked as a hack; like making its CRC that is detected safe.

pffft, then there would be an intentional hole in thier anti-cheat system.

 

[Thothie]

Judging by the number of posts they got in the Steam forums though, ya think they'd get VAC to ID its specific signature as a supported mod.

Granted, there's no money in that. Plus if they start letting people modify the core graphics engine, eventually the HL1 engine could be modded enough to compete with source, and I dun think they wanna deal with that.

 

[BioRage]

I go tbanned too J-M... F..

 

[FreshMeat]

lol thats some fcked up sht man, my cousin used bloom mod on cs1.6 and got me banned ...goodthing didnt effect hl2 n mods of hl2

 

[Netrogor]

Freshmeat this thread is dieing: let it die in peace man (hippy's whiny voice)!!! Besides, if your cousin used bloom mod recently, I would beat his fucking skull in; since everyone has known that it bans you for using it for like a month or two now.

That or... if you don't wanna kill him (I am assuming it is a HE) make him pay you for the account privaleges.