False Bans in CoD due File systems and environment

[Funkerwolf 5]

Hello everyone. I know I've already annoyed many of you with this topic. But I need help. What to do about the fact that Activision bans and labels players as cheaters for running CoDBOCW on a ReFS-installed Windows and under Wine/Proton? I don’t know why, but no one wants to publicly accuse them of crossing all boundaries. And they allow themselves things that are not stipulated in the terms, agreement, or policy.  The thing is, my friends and I have proven that running a game on a Windows installed with ReFS leads to a permanent ban, as well as marking players in Steam as cheaters. The question is how to get rid of it without buying a new game and without creating a new account. None of the support from different services wants to help. Activision just feeds us dogma that we supposedly violated something and tells us to read the policy, but of course, they don't reveal the reason. And Steam and Blizzard refer us back to Activision, claiming they can't help or simply don't want to.
And overall, why can't a multi-billion dollar company fix its worthless and useless anti-cheat? The cheaters themselves don't seem to be particularly affected, but honest people are randomly banned so easily. It's trivial even for a BSOD.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Warzone/comments/1kl8wys/ - my post on reddit
https://steamcommunity.com/id/bunkerbox - my account
https://steamcommunity.com/id/reginadino - friend's account
https://steamcommunity.com/id/htgyoma - dartraiden's account
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199129804136 - personal and now test account
https://youtu.be/vwNpGhFKEDg https://youtu.be/lQBMKELPves - stream recording and video about the ban
https://youtu.be/r0xKmV8a3Mk - demonstration of receiving a shadow ban in Black Ops 6
https://youtu.be/80IaDjXdM8Y - footage of not starting BO4 on ReFS partition without admin rights
https://youtu.be/HaDhROH4oio - final permaban, bug report was rejected again
https://youtu.be/1f4RKuZLq_0 - ban in Activision support

[kocifev829 0]

I’ve been through the same thing — got hit with a ban just for running BOCW on a ReFS setup with Proton, no cheats or anything shady. Activision support was completely useless, just sent me the usual copy-paste replies. It’s frustrating that their anti-cheat punishes legit players while actual cheaters slip through — feels like they don’t even care.

[Funkerwolf 5]

10 hours ago, kocifev829 said:

I’ve been through the same thing — got hit with a ban just for running BOCW on a ReFS setup with Proton, no cheats or anything shady. Activision support was completely useless, just sent me the usual copy-paste replies. It’s frustrating that their anti-cheat punishes legit players while actual cheaters slip through — feels like they don’t even care.

Don't stop and write to Activision support every day, right after closing the ticket, spam their posts on LinkedIn, write on every forum you can.

[Funkerwolf 5]

10 hours ago, kocifev829 said:

I’ve been through the same thing — got hit with a ban just for running BOCW on a ReFS setup with Proton, no cheats or anything shady. Activision support was completely useless, just sent me the usual copy-paste replies. It’s frustrating that their anti-cheat punishes legit players while actual cheaters slip through — feels like they don’t even care.

Become a nightmare for them, and if possible, sue them—you will definitely win due to the lack of evidence on Activision's part.

[Funkerwolf 5]

10 hours ago, kocifev829 said:

I’ve been through the same thing — got hit with a ban just for running BOCW on a ReFS setup with Proton, no cheats or anything shady. Activision support was completely useless, just sent me the usual copy-paste replies. It’s frustrating that their anti-cheat punishes legit players while actual cheaters slip through — feels like they don’t even care.

Here's what they told me, but I won't stop. In general, everyone already needs to come together around this problem and start addressing it, rather than keeping it quiet, even if you are being harassed and accused of being a cheater when, in reality, you really are not.