I haven't installed anything new within the past year or longer, aside from a steam version of Red Alert. And I've played cs2 since then without issues until now.
Do you use any type of mods for the game or any other game that may be causing the issue?
From what I can tell, there are many "solutions" ranging from mods/cheats on other games, to firewall and AV settings, to malware/crypto mining :/
I would try to run a deep scan (pay special attention to the TEMP and %AppData% folders) and see if you catch anything there.
This post was edited by bodierox on Dec 27 2024 04:07pm