Rick Gibbed

> start banning anyone who has used the software There is no evidence to suggest Valve has ever done this in the time SAM has existed. > Would it be...

Are you attempting to reduce the value on an increment only stat?

From talk elsewhere, Steam itself is having issues with achievements in general. Not limited to SAM.

Restart Steam.

It's failing to download the games list from my server. That's actually my fault, it should resolve itself within a day or so.

To explain further, DNS settings for the domain name SAM downloads the games list from got incorrectly set. This has been fixed now, DNS settings take time to propagate, and...

> am I liable to be banned? I don't know. > Has anyone been banned just for using it in this way? I've never heard of such a case in...

I've never heard of it happening, but I can't make any guarantees, I'm not Valve. The former FAQ suggested you shouldn't be running SAM while any game that uses VAC...

As I said, I'm not Valve. I have no idea if they are or aren't doing anything so it's impossible for me to answer. SAM has never tried to obfuscate...

I can't really do anything about overzealous antivirus software. Add it to AVG's allow list or equivalent.