Counter-Strike: Source

Counter-Strike: Source

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How to fix server browser spam
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This guide shows you how to fix the server list spam in Counter-Strike: Source
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Introduction
This is a introduction to fixing the server browser spam in CS:S
This spam looks like this.



or like this



The latter are just fake servers, that you can't even connect to because the IPs are fake.
In this guide I will be showing you how to fix it.
Importing a server blacklist
First things first, you want to download the server blacklist from here[github.com]
(thanks to Ballganda for this updated list)


There should be a download raw file at the right side of the page



After you've downloaded it, open CS:S and open the server browser and switch to the "blacklisted servers" tab

Click "import servers from file" at the bottom




A file picker should appear and you should select the server_blacklist.txt file you downloaded, the game should freeze for a bit and servers will appear in the blacklisted servers tab.


If this does not work for you, copy over the server_blacklist.txt file to the cstrike/cfg folder.
The end
After you've imported the server blacklist, your server browser should look like this



If some new servers appear, right click and add to blacklist, if there are a lot, click one then hold shift and click the one you want to end on and right click and add to blacklist. (game might freeze during this)
96 Comments
ДДºBallGanda 24 May @ 9:12am 
There has been an update. The problematic people have changed how they do their spamming... This means I need to update how I flag spam. On my machine I am about to get a playable searchable experience with the current GitHub list as up last night(see date of post). Ymmv per how the master server serves results
sorcery 13 May @ 3:31am 
hi, is there an updated server list? great job, thanks - you're great.
ДДºBallGanda 13 Mar @ 8:16pm 
I promise as soon as I get back from travel I will update the list
Hector /grasz mix'a?;> 13 Mar @ 3:53pm 
please update servers my friend :>
Semёn 12 Mar @ 1:16am 
гойда
Stoogey 25 Feb @ 3:33pm 
god bless you man this just saved the game for me
[Bouncy]-|Henky‼|-[TTC] 31 Jan @ 11:50am 
In some games on some regions they indeed spam so many fake serves that valve has no space left for real ones. Sites like gametracker.com are an alternative if this is the case.
Unamelable 31 Jan @ 11:19am 
Huh, i tried to make own blocklist of those servers. And seems like it breaks search at all.
Like it doesn't matter how many you block - it destroys search completly.
All Europe section just doesn't work because of the spam that this IP makes.

Right now i can only recommend you to search servers online and adding it to favorites. Because standart browser is buster unfortunatelly
adrian 19 Jan @ 9:16pm 
Thanks a lot
BOT Tux 12 Jan @ 5:30am 
"Politics...How tiresome..."
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