Need help with buying new arma copy?

[Darfaith 0]

So, i downloaded this FPS increaser that a guy in-game suggested to me, and the day after i installed it i got global banned, pretty sure it was something that stole your CD key. It did actually increase FPS haha.. However, i want to buy a new copy on steam but i dont know how to do it. Any help?

[burritoman259 593]

Google it, You will probably get a bit of flame here in a few minutes.

Good luck, I guess.

Edited April 21, 2013 by burritoman259

[BwobBwub 660]

That is unfortunate as the FPS did actually work :D

Like Burritoman said, Google is ya friend.

[IcyZ 295]

i got my key stolen but i still dont know how since i dl'ed nothing.anyways,steam support says you cannot replace your key,so you either create a new steam account,or get the game off-steam

[taco241 393]

FPS increasers don't work. next time, download more RAM:

http://www.downloadmoreram.com/

[burritoman259 593]

Alright wipe your computer, it will still have your key stealer on it, Reformat your pc.

Then just create a new steam account for combined operation.

Edited April 21, 2013 by burritoman259

[Ken Bean 175]

Since I read it a few times, how does it come that CD-Keys get stolen?

Can server read them out?

If someone can steal your key, why can't you steal it back?

Can they use the key or did it just get invalid?

Edited April 21, 2013 by Ken Bean

[OrLoK 16186]

Hello there

"Key stealers" are hidden in other programs pretending to be something else. You can only get your key stolen if the stealer is installed on your PC by you or a third party.

Servers cannot steal keys. Cheaters/scripters cannot steal your key.

They ( the folks who wrote the program) will use/sell your key (most likely to a cheat) and when they get banned you do too.

Its up to you to make sure your PC is secure. Harsh but true.

Rgds

LoK

Edited April 21, 2013 by orlok

[Ken Bean 175]

Thanks for clarifying.

[IcyZ 295]

@LoK i dont mean to spam,but i wonder,how did i got banned since i never downloaded anything suspicious? no boosters,no fps fixers,nothing.it's been like half a year since i was banned.the only weired thing is that i played with hackers 3-4 days in a row,everytime they killed me and then tp'd to me and spawned me guns and choppers(it was in Utes,i couldn't say no :P ).i guessed that battleye banned my key cause it was mixed with them or something?I dont expect you to know,even battleye support didnt know,im just putting the question out there just in case anyone knows :P i rebought the game 1 week after i was banned,BE said im not getting unbanned,and steam almost blocked me on customer support cause i was spamming them with questions about replacing my game in my steam account XD never happened :(

[Darfaith 0]

thx for all the answers, you guys have been really informative (:

[OrLoK 16186]

Hello there

No matter what the scripters do they cannot get you Globally banned.

Programs like Cheat Engine being open whist launching Arma can get you GB apparently, even if you dont *use* it whilst in game.

Battleye is rather clever and rarely gives false positives.

It really is as simple as either one is attempting to cheat or one's PC gets infected with a key stealer.

Rgds

LoK