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Welcome to PBBans, the PunkBuster multi-stream and live banning pioneers. We offer server admins the ability to stream to multiple anti-cheat sites by using the revolutionary PBBans Hub, which features live banning, live banlist updates, live ban removals and much more.
Setting up your server(s) to stream to PBBans is extremely easy and usually only takes 15 minutes or less from the time you apply until your server is streaming! We highly encourage you to start streaming today as the more servers that stream, the harder it will be for cheaters to find servers they can join. To get started streaming to PBBans simply follow our Beginners Guide. We also offer some other additional guides in our Information Center. Let us know if you can't find what you are looking for as we at PBBans are always looking for ways to improve our services.
PBBans also partners up with competitive leagues to fulfill their anti-cheat needs. For these, PBBans has developed a whole set of dedicated tools, enabling league administrators to unify the server configurations for their players, keep their own league-specific banlist up to date and more, with the least invasive set up for contesting clans. If your league is interested in a partnership with PBBans, contact one of our Staff and we will be glad to assist you.
If you need assistance in streaming or just want to chat with us, join our IRC channel (irc.quakenet.org #pbbans or irc.us.gamesurge.net #pbbans) Click Here or post your questions/concerns in our forums.
For more information on what we do read the About Us page.
Setting up your server(s) to stream to PBBans is extremely easy and usually only takes 15 minutes or less from the time you apply until your server is streaming! We highly encourage you to start streaming today as the more servers that stream, the harder it will be for cheaters to find servers they can join. To get started streaming to PBBans simply follow our Beginners Guide. We also offer some other additional guides in our Information Center. Let us know if you can't find what you are looking for as we at PBBans are always looking for ways to improve our services.
PBBans also partners up with competitive leagues to fulfill their anti-cheat needs. For these, PBBans has developed a whole set of dedicated tools, enabling league administrators to unify the server configurations for their players, keep their own league-specific banlist up to date and more, with the least invasive set up for contesting clans. If your league is interested in a partnership with PBBans, contact one of our Staff and we will be glad to assist you.
If you need assistance in streaming or just want to chat with us, join our IRC channel (irc.quakenet.org #pbbans or irc.us.gamesurge.net #pbbans) Click Here or post your questions/concerns in our forums.
For more information on what we do read the About Us page.
ClanBase League Partnership
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As some of you may have noticed with the recent shut down of Game-Violations that ClanBase was looking for a new Anti-Cheat partner to partner up with. Some might say that it would be hard to replace such a partner, due to the fact we've been with them for a long time.
I'm confident and happy to say that we have found one - that is definitely worthy indeed: PBBans
Every game on ClanBase that had their servers streamed to GV will have to stream it to PBBans now.
There will be a grace period in where clans can sort out the streaming. The rule will be mandatory on the 11th of March which means clans have enough time to stream their servers. In the same period the rules will be changed accordingly as well. There will be a tutorial posted soon in the ladder news items to set up your server quickly! I suggest starting to sort out the streaming as soon as possible.
I'm confident and happy to say that we have found one - that is definitely worthy indeed: PBBans
Every game on ClanBase that had their servers streamed to GV will have to stream it to PBBans now.
There will be a grace period in where clans can sort out the streaming. The rule will be mandatory on the 11th of March which means clans have enough time to stream their servers. In the same period the rules will be changed accordingly as well. There will be a tutorial posted soon in the ladder news items to set up your server quickly! I suggest starting to sort out the streaming as soon as possible.
http://clanbase.ggl.com/news.php?nid=374941
Happy Holidays from PBBans
Another year is about to come to an end and we would like to take this time to thank all of our streamers, donors and supporters for making another great year at PBBans.
We had a few ups and downs again this year. From another server move to adding a few new site features such as PBBans Lite Streaming, PBSS submissions for servers that doesn't belong to the submitter, Player Kick Logs and Cross Game GUID ban support between BF3 and MoH Warfighter to name some of the notable ones.
We also passed the quarter of a million bans mark this year (That number is counted as the unique number of bans on our MBi and does not count any external sources) and surely many more to come in the New Year and beyond.
Happy Holidays from all of us at PBBans. Have a safe and cheat free holiday season. We look forward to seeing you in the new year as we head towards 10 years of PBBans next Fall.
Battlefield 3 File Tweaker and MD5Tool kicks
We know some only use it to remove the blue tint but it's also used to cheat. For that reason we have added a MD5Tool scan that kicks for it over the past days. This is not an action from EA, DICE or Even Balance (PunkBuster). They have nothing to do with the current MD5Tool kicks for various .cas files.
If you are being kicked for MD5Tool Mismatch and it lists a file named cas_50.cas or higher then you have to remove the file and should perform a repair install using Origin to repair any game files that may have been modified by the tweaker.
We are not banning for it so removing the files you are kicked for and repairing your game install should stop you from being kicked. Please note that just because a player is kicked for this doesn't mean they are cheating.
We are not kicking for BF3 Colour Tweaker released by Realmware.
Oct 8th, 2012
If you are being kicked for "MD5Tool Mismatch: Update\Patch\Data\cas_50.cas (len=2048)" and you have never used the BF3 Tweaker please note GGC-Stream sent a invalid MD5Tool scan to many BF3 servers that stream to them.
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[10.08.2012 17:47:34] ->PBSV: PB UCON "ggc_85.214.107.154"@85.214.107.154:xxxx [pb_sv_md5tool a "" v "Update\Patch\Data\cas_50.cas" SZ157840 AT4096 LEN2048 E57AFBBACE8391DF703CC6BFFA66D27A]
[10.08.2012 17:47:34] ->PBSV: Added MD5Tool Entry: a "" v "Update\Patch\Data\cas_50.cas" SZ157840 AT4096 LEN2048 "E57AFBBACE8391DF703CC6BFFA66D27A"
[10.08.2012 17:47:34] ->PBSV: Added MD5Tool Entry: a "" v "Update\Patch\Data\cas_50.cas" SZ157840 AT4096 LEN2048 "E57AFBBACE8391DF703CC6BFFA66D27A"
That checks if the file created by the BF3 tweaker is on your computer and if it is not then you get kicked.
Finally if you are a server admin and are thinking about making your own MD5 Tool scans please note this warning:
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WARNING: This is an advanced topic intended for experienced server admins who are comfortable with running PunkBuster-enabled game servers. Improper use of the MD5Tool Facility can result in inadvertently configuring PunkBuster to kick all players from the server.
http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=md5tool.php
PunkBuster coming to Bullet Run
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Sony Online Entertainment LLC has contracted with Even Balance, Inc. to integrate our PunkBuster™ Anti-Cheat software into the online game known as Bullet Run™. Bullet Run is a free-to-play team-based FPS that puts players in the ultimate reality TV game show, where contestants showcase their deadly talents in the name of fame.
http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=announce.php
PunkBuster coming to Medal of Honor Warfighter
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Electronic Arts Inc. has contracted with Even Balance, Inc. to integrate PunkBuster™ Anti-Cheat software into Medal of Honor™ Warfighter. We will soon be opening a section on our website to support PunkBuster™ for Medal of Honor Warfighter. EA, Medal of Honor Warfighter and the Medal of Honor Warfighter logo are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=announce.php
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