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None clickbait title: Riot Games will rollout their vanguard anti-cheat to league of legends. for those not in the loop, Vanguard is the anti-cheat Riot Games
by S0y 2y ago
None clickbait title:
Riot Games will rollout their vanguard anti-cheat to league of legends.
for those not in the loop, Vanguard is the anti-cheat Riot Games created for Valorant, their competitive first person shooter. The issue with Vanguard is that it's quite an aggressive anti-cheat, it runs on Ring 0 as a windows kernel driver. Hence, why some people call it a "rootkit".
- plussed_reader 2y agoWhat isn't root about ring zero permission?
- two_handfuls 2y agoI think its the “kit” part people are objecting to. Arguing that this software won’t make it easier to install other malware (unlike the infamous Lenovo LSE rootkit, which would install and hide other software).
- delfinom 2y agoIt's no different than easy anticheat which many games use.
- pixl97 2y agoTL;DR, every anti-cheat has root kitted your computer and we're just one exploit away from any of those kits creating a major security incident. Don't game on a computer with any other sensitive information on it.