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Anonymous external cheat developer reveals CS2 anti-cheat problems

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Aug 29
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A post on X (Twitter) featured a full interview with an anonymous developer behind one of the most popular undetected external cheats for CS2. He spoke about VACnet’s weak spots, Valve’s approach to anti-cheat, and explained why in 2025 cheaters still find it easy to remain unpunished.

CS2 anti-cheat problems in 2025

Despite the release of CS2 and Valve’s big promises, the cheating situation remains critical. Key problems outlined by the developer include:

  • VACnet is outdated and ineffective. It’s easier to bypass now than it was back in CS:GO.
  • No kernel-level anti-cheat. Valve refuses to implement it, which allows external cheats to stay fully invisible.
  • Trust Factor isolates but doesn’t ban. The system partly works, but closet cheaters can easily remain in “green TF.”
  • Subtick broke old detection methods. Most modern exploits in CS2 are based on this system.
  • Valve lacks manpower. According to the developer, only a handful of people work on VACnet.

Key points from the interview

The developer stated that Valve “absolutely doesn’t care” about the cheating issue in CS2. According to him, VACnet has no access to external cheats:

“For it, we look like a random protected process. If VAC tries to read the memory, it gets an access violation. We keep improving, but bypassing VAC isn’t a problem.”

He admitted that the only real threat would be a kernel-level anti-cheat:

“A kernel AC would be a problem and would probably kill us. But that goes against Valve’s policy, so I don’t think they’ll ever do it. If they did, we’d try to fight it but most likely shut down.”

On Trust Factor, he explained:

“In Europe and NA it works up to around ~18k, where you almost never meet cheaters. But ‘green TF’ is misleading — you don’t know how green it actually is. Cheaters always have higher volatility in glicko-2, so they quickly show up as anomalies. But that doesn’t stop skilled closet cheaters from staying untouched.”

On the moral side of his work, he was blunt:

“I don’t feel guilty. Closet cheating is invisible to legit players, and semi-rage usually puts cheaters into high volatility and high ranks. If it wasn’t us, it’d be someone else. And at our price point and with our features, there’s almost no competition.”

Community reaction

After the interview was published, X users actively shared their reactions:

  • KSW33T: “Did you report him at the end of match?” — joking about the uselessness of in-game reports.
  • Diabetiskind: “I mean they can’t because false bans, I get that… but when it’s AI at this point to do this I mean a human can’t see some things but a computer can.” — pointing out that AI should be key to catching cheaters.
  • masikokolika: “This is wild. Always wondered how some cheats stay undetected…” — shocked but curious about how external cheats remain invisible.

Conclusion

This interview confirms what many players have long said: in 2025, CS2’s anti-cheat remains more symbolic than effective. Externals run without obstacles, VACnet doesn’t fulfill its purpose, and Trust Factor only partially isolates cheaters without solving the problem.

The community once again shows its distrust in Valve and demands radical change. But until the company changes its approach and invests more resources, cheating will remain one of the most painful issues in CS2.

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