The old saying goes (basically the same as with Malware vs Anti-Malware): Whoever loads first, wins. So you are right in theory, you could intercept any call th

The old saying goes (basically the same as with Malware vs Anti-Malware): Whoever loads first, wins. So you are right in theory, you could intercept any call that would allow you to detect malicious behaviour. That being said two things: 1.) Windows is a closed-source and really huge system. There are many places you will leave traces, and they change all the time. Getting it right is hard. 2.) At least for malware, windows offers official ways to get to go first with e.g. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/early-launch-antimalware https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/i... - I do not know if this is used by any Anti Cheat though. The super exotic theory would be a rootkit, in those cases not even windows can help you. But as with security, as long as there is easy money to be made (because most anti-cheat systems are simply bad), those very expensive solutions will be limited to selected few professionals.