Understanding HWID ban/ shadow bans

[kush43]

Originally Posted by -0x41^4-

Did you read through the comments?
350ms is a shadow ban, not a permanent ban.

yes but why another account got shadow ban to ?

[Hermann_Honk]

made next experience:

i haven't played with cheat for 2 weeks.
After my SB I was able to play normally again with my account. I changed a hard drive and my RAM. Reinstalled the game (REVO uninstaller) and play without problems. Yesterday I deleted the traces and played 2-3 rounds with spoofer (Knox) ​​without any problems.
Then played with cheat (inject cheat - spoof - start game). Get 2 rounds without problems and SB in the 3rd game.

Wtf
WHY?
could someone please explain that to me.

the only thing i can imagine is that not all traces have been removed.
Knox actually worked. HDDs, BIOS, MAC ..
Only the RAM and the CPU remained the same

Originally Posted by kush43

yes but why another account got shadow ban to ?

because your hwid is flagged during the SB

[Evo_]

Originally Posted by willseries

Read every post on this thread, but haven’t found a situation similar to mine.

My main account (only account I had) was permanently banned. A notice comes up after login saying this account permanently banned blah blah blah. Fair enough, made a new account and was instantly shadow banned. Okay.

Waited the 2 weeks, was able to play for probably about 2 or 3 weeks and then boom shadow ban again.

Made a new account after shadow ban cool down period (2 weeks). Played one game without cheats and boom 350ms lobbies.

Waited another week or 2 and went back to my second account, was able to play 3 games without cheats then boom 350ms AGAIN!

Any idea what’s going on? Been looking at getting a new PC so maybe this is just another reason to do so? Will I always be getting consistently shadow banned after a few games with or without cheats? I tried spoofers, didn’t seem to work.

Any help is appreciated.

This is a few days old but figured I'd add in case it helped others. I think I may see your issue here.

You got banned initially which gives a 7-14 day shadow, that we know.
You then played again for a few weeks and one of two things happened:

• You logged in to your old account (retriggering the shadowban)
• Getting reported too many times causing a shadowban (note people think the report count has been lowered recently)
• You used an unlocker/spoofer that's been recently causing shadowbans

Then finally you logged into another account while your hardware was still flagged (shadowbanned) from a different account, doing this will allow you to play 1-2 games then shadowban you.

I highly recommend sticking to ONE account for the time being, waiting until it's no longer shadow'd to test, during that time don't use any spoofers, login to other accounts or use any unlockers. If it happens again then you know for sure something is wrong.

[willseries]

Originally Posted by Evo_

This is a few days old but figured I'd add in case it helped others. I think I may see your issue here.

You got banned initially which gives a 7-14 day shadow, that we know.
You then played again for a few weeks and one of two things happened:

• You logged in to your old account (retriggering the shadowban)
• Getting reported too many times causing a shadowban (note people think the report count has been lowered recently)
• You used an unlocker/spoofer that's been recently causing shadowbans

Then finally you logged into another account while your hardware was still flagged (shadowbanned) from a different account, doing this will allow you to play 1-2 games then shadowban you.

I highly recommend sticking to ONE account for the time being, waiting until it's no longer shadow'd to test, during that time don't use any spoofers, login to other accounts or use any unlockers. If it happens again then you know for sure something is wrong.

Thanks for info.

I will wait out this current shadow ban and use my aged account I purchased on this forum only. No more cheating for me. This a huge headache to go through every week or so lol.

[PinkGuy420]

Originally Posted by Evo_

This is a few days old but figured I'd add in case it helped others. I think I may see your issue here.

You got banned initially which gives a 7-14 day shadow, that we know.
You then played again for a few weeks and one of two things happened:

• You logged in to your old account (retriggering the shadowban)
• Getting reported too many times causing a shadowban (note people think the report count has been lowered recently)
• You used an unlocker/spoofer that's been recently causing shadowbans

Then finally you logged into another account while your hardware was still flagged (shadowbanned) from a different account, doing this will allow you to play 1-2 games then shadowban you.

I highly recommend sticking to ONE account for the time being, waiting until it's no longer shadow'd to test, during that time don't use any spoofers, login to other accounts or use any unlockers. If it happens again then you know for sure something is wrong.

I think you find my problem, how many cases in open banned account do you encounter?
Because on my last day of shadow ban i opened my perm ban account to play overwatch. Thanks tho more 6 days for me.

[0x41^4]

Originally Posted by PinkGuy420

I think you find my problem, how many cases in open banned account do you encounter?
Because on my last day of shadow ban i opened my perm ban account to play overwatch. Thanks tho more 6 days for me.

The information he posted is what has been posted on this thread dozens of times.
All you need to do is read through the thread, that's what it is here for.
I've answered this question countless times.

[JG420]

so I just got HWID banned on CW...ALL accounts I sign into are instantly banned...Whats the solution for me lol???

[0x41^4]

Originally Posted by JG420

so I just got HWID banned on CW...ALL accounts I sign into are instantly banned...Whats the solution for me lol???

Buy new hardware or use a spoofer.

[rafarjjj]

For shadow ban to play with another account.

- Change your Windows computer name and user name

Also, there might be files that are used to track your ban. In order to delete them, exit from Battle.net first.

Delete the following files and directories:

- Call of Duty Modern Warfare\main\data0.dcache
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare\main\data1.dcache
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare\main\toc0.dcache
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare\main\toc1.dcache
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare\Data\data\shmem
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare\main\recipes\cmr_hist
- Documents\Call of Duty Modern Warfare
- %localappdata%\Battle.net
- %localappdata%\Blizzard Entertainment
- %appdata%\Battle.net
- %programdata%\Battle.net
- %programdata%\Blizzard Entertainment

[0x41^4]

Originally Posted by rafarjjj

For shadow ban to play with another account.

- Change your Windows computer name and user name

Also, there might be files that are used to track your ban. In order to delete them, exit from Battle.net first.

Delete the following files and directories:

- Call of Duty Modern Warfare\main\data0.dcache
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare\main\data1.dcache
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare\main\toc0.dcache
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare\main\toc1.dcache
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare\Data\data\shmem
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare\main\recipes\cmr_hist
- Documents\Call of Duty Modern Warfare
- %localappdata%\Battle.net
- %localappdata%\Blizzard Entertainment
- %appdata%\Battle.net
- %programdata%\Battle.net
- %programdata%\Blizzard Entertainment

These are old and outdated.
You also don't need to change your PC name.

[lvl5charmander]

Hello, new to this forum and I have read every post up to this point so I have a pretty good understanding thanks to -0x41^4- and others on here.

So in my situation, I have been using x22 w/ no spoofer on my main acc for a couple months now and have not had any issues up until my shadowban on 23FEB2021. I'm expecting the worse and have in mind that I will be permanently banned, but still hoping the SB will lift and i'll have no problems after that. I am just curious if any one knows what exactly gets reviewed on your account during a SB, do they view footage of your games from your POV? Do they look track files on your PC? Do they just go based off amount of player reports? Has x22 been detected within the past couple weeks or is my case most likely from spam player reports? I'm curious because if there's anything I can do to prevent a perm ban like delete files, I may still have hope.

Additional details - I'm fairly good at the game without the injects so I only use ESP and not blatantly obvious about it. I do have an ALT account that appears to not be SB since I can find normal ping lobbies on it, however I have not actually played any games on it after joining lobbies so I don't know if it would get SB after completing a couple games. My main acc that is SB on Warzone works completely fine on Cold War. I just built a new better PC, so can I somehow get my old PC with the inject files HWID flagged instead of my new one so that I can play worry free on my ALT in case my main does get perm banned?

Sorry for the long post, I appreciate anyone that takes the time to read and answer any of my questions!

[ameisa]

i used to host lobbies with aa spoofer and cleaning traces, where i got banned a few times
today i played a bit on my main and then made another acc which got shadowed after 1-2 games and i dont understand why because i never got banned on that hwid, and i also don’t understand if i should get a spoofer now or not

[0x41^4]

Originally Posted by lvl5charmander

Hello, new to this forum and I have read every post up to this point so I have a pretty good understanding thanks to -0x41^4- and others on here.

So in my situation, I have been using x22 w/ no spoofer on my main acc for a couple months now and have not had any issues up until my shadowban on 23FEB2021. I'm expecting the worse and have in mind that I will be permanently banned, but still hoping the SB will lift and i'll have no problems after that. I am just curious if any one knows what exactly gets reviewed on your account during a SB, do they view footage of your games from your POV? Do they look track files on your PC? Do they just go based off amount of player reports? Has x22 been detected within the past couple weeks or is my case most likely from spam player reports? I'm curious because if there's anything I can do to prevent a perm ban like delete files, I may still have hope.

Additional details - I'm fairly good at the game without the injects so I only use ESP and not blatantly obvious about it. I do have an ALT account that appears to not be SB since I can find normal ping lobbies on it, however I have not actually played any games on it after joining lobbies so I don't know if it would get SB after completing a couple games. My main acc that is SB on Warzone works completely fine on Cold War. I just built a new better PC, so can I somehow get my old PC with the inject files HWID flagged instead of my new one so that I can play worry free on my ALT in case my main does get perm banned?

Sorry for the long post, I appreciate anyone that takes the time to read and answer any of my questions!

No x22 has not been detected
You will most likely not be banned. Shadow bans don’t typically turn into a permanent ban.
Nobody knows what they look at during the shadow ban.

[MADSHERRY]

Hi all, sorry to add to this thread, just seen a few conflicting replies and was after some clarity. So my main account got banned after last weeks update. Set up a new account and that was shadow
banned (350 ping)straight away. Done a bit of research( I'm now an expert)and came across Spoofers/ cleaners etc. I brought/ downloaded one and I actually got a game ( on a newly created account). I then tried to load a hack and bang, kicked me out.. now no spoofer i have tried works..(hack didn't load, so I wasn't witnessed cheating, it was something in game). I've tried a few HWID cleans etc and nothing works, I cant get a game (all with brand new accounts, not opened by me/on my Ip)

So if your still reading .. my question is will the shadow banned accounts I set up on my pc get unshadow banned after 7-14 days? Or as my pc is HWBanned, can I not play on any accounts with it ? I'll need to run a spoofer even on the newly created ones ?

Originally Posted by -0x41^4-

There is no way to say that X amount of bans will result in a HWID ban.

From my experience (over 100 account bans), it is extremely rare to be HWID banned on COD. It’s usually a last resort for them. From what I’ve observed, residents of America, Canada, the U.K and most of Europe, it takes a lot to be HWID banned. Asian countries are usually HWID banned more regularly, but why, I don’t know.

As for your current situation. After a permanent ban, all accounts are HWID flagged and placed into a shadow ban phase for 7-14 days. After that, they’re lifted. Occasionally, new accounts from that point on will also be shadowed, but that’s only when injecting a cheat.

Bro, why is that only when injecting a cheat ? That happened to me. Used spoofer, got a game fine. Went to inject and bang, back to SB. Its like they know... (didn't even get out the plane 😒, so it wasn't from a report)

[SaltyPotaters]

Originally Posted by MADSHERRY

Bro, why is that only when injecting a cheat ? That happened to me. Used spoofer, got a game fine. Went to inject and bang, back to SB. Its like they know... (didn't even get out the plane 😒, so it wasn't from a report)

are you testing more then one game? I had an alt get banned, was able to play 1 game on my main and my 2nd game I was shadowed. Tried out 2 fresh accounts and same thing, first game connects no problem. & I'm not even trying to load anything so if your not spoofing/injecting first game its detecting your HWID ban