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Does bans/account stuff transfer to other people on steam?

This was ask by one of my friends which i can not answer because i simply do not know.The reason im asking is cuz my friends dont trust this site 100% cuz of some stuff. 2 of my friends (lets called them a and b for reference) are using family share on steam cuz 1 of them wants to try out some games to see if its worth getting them or not (a). Before they had family share b got banned on dead by daylight for using a special program that allowed him to find specific matches like the ones with youtuber and streamers in it and to end games fast and get a lot of xp from it, a as well owns the game but has no dlc or any bans, b has a ban and all the dlc. A question is does he receive all b stuff like dlc and ban, or none of it or just some of it like he can still use the dlc stuff?

Thank you in advance for answering this question

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  • SilentSpectre
    SilentSpectre Member Posts: 830

    Yes, bans continue through Steam family share, as well as on completely new accounts if it's a HWID ban.

  • LonlyGamerX
    LonlyGamerX Member Posts: 86

    Sorry but what is a HWID ban?

  • SilentSpectre
    SilentSpectre Member Posts: 830

    HardWare IDentification ban -- basically, the whole computer is banned from the game, even if they get a new account/copy/user ID.

  • LonlyGamerX
    LonlyGamerX Member Posts: 86

    Okay what if it isnt a HWID ban, like for example a ban by the devs or a vac ban will that transfer or not?

  • SilentSpectre
    SilentSpectre Member Posts: 830

    Yes, if a specific steam account is banned, any family share to/from that account will also be banned.