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It's not considered bot or anything. It's just Valve forbids any software signed or unsigned to mess with game executable, data or memory without being specifically whitelisted.

Why? Because even if software doing this is legitimate it's can still be used by actual cheaters by patching it.



It’s a nice clear line in the sand. The program is a black box. Do not inspect or augment it.




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