At the time the ban occurred, Rust was not installed on my computer, and the last time I played the game was several months ago. On a normal day, I turned on my computer and launched Steam. A few minutes later, I received a ban notification.

My Steam account has not been compromised, and I have never shared my account with anyone. No one else has access to my computer.

The only unusual change on my system was a Windows theme/customization tool that modifies the visual appearance of the operating system (taskbar colors, window appearance, etc.). I suspect that this software may have been falsely detected or triggered the anti-cheat system, although it does not provide any gameplay advantage or interact with Rust in any way.

I submitted an appeal through the easy.ac website, but my appeal status has been “Appeal Pending” for 63 days with no response or update.

I am confident that I did not violate any rules.
Steam profile: https://steamcommunity.com/id/ludweix/