PS2 Bans and YOU: Preventative Measures

A lot of people still don't know about this easy fix when it comes to PlanetSide 2 banning your account. I've seen a lot of people comment that they just make a new account in order to continue playing, spoof their hardware ID's/MAC address..ect and carry on.

I decided this was too much hard work/pointless/no-fun-at-all. I set about learning what the hell was banning everyone. A quick Google search turned up nothing with regards to the anti-cheat system on PS2 as there is none!

A few people on various forums mentioned that the crash reporter was uploading logs which contained information as to what was running on the computer at the time. The claim was made that blocking "wws_crashreport_uploader.exe" in their firewall seemed to prevent the usual 24 hour ban after cheating.

I used three dummy accounts to test this method myself. Logging in for 2 seconds, enabling the hack and closing the game. The next day, I get an email saying my account was banned for 7 to 8 days. After blocking "wws_crashreport_uploader.exe", I could cheat all I wanted on the other account. I tried the same thing on my main account and it worked fine there too.

This claim is further backed up by the fact wws_crashreport_uploader.exe started using network resources before and after the game is closed previous to blocking the application in Windows firewall.

I can't imagine many here not knowing how to block with windows firewall, but just in case...Here is a little tutorial:
Block a program in Windows 7 Firewall

You need to block the crash reporter in both the main "PlanetSide 2" folder and the "LaunchPad.libs" folder, which will require 2 separate rules. Im sure blocking only "Outbound traffic" would solve this. But I suggest making 4 rules including inbound traffic as well.

PLEASE NOTE: If you get caught by a game moderator because you were clipping underneath the floor and ripping everyone to shreds, you will be banned either way.

Kindly report your progress/success if this method has worked for you.

Regards,
Jubbles.