{"id":4047,"date":"2020-04-13T08:27:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T08:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/valorant-anticheat-system-is-working-even-when-you-don-t-play-the-game"},"modified":"2024-07-19T12:47:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T12:47:21","slug":"valorant-anticheat-system-is-working-even-when-you-don-t-play-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/valorant-anticheat-system-is-working-even-when-you-don-t-play-the-game","title":{"rendered":"Valorant anticheat system is working even when you don&#8217;t play the game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valorant beta is off to a good start, and Riot sure must be happy about it. The biggest Twitch names are playing the game, while often more than a million viewers are almost always watching Valorant on Twitch.<\/p>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_561626\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<p>One of the most controversial recent things when it comes to Valorant and Riot, in general, was their new anti-cheat system. This new anti-cheat gives Riot complete control over your system using a &#8216;kernel driver&#8217;. You can read more about it in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/new-league-of-legend-s-anti-cheat-raises-privacy-concerns\" target=\"_blank\">our dedicated article.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was already something that made people really worried. They were concerned about how will this affect their privacy, especially considering that Riot is owned by Tencent, a prominent Chinese corporation, which was a big red flag for many players.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/valorant-settings-guide-crosshair-mouse-sensitivity-more\" target=\"_blank\">Valorant Settings Guide: Crosshair, Mouse Sensitivity &amp; More<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, as more players are getting their access to the beta, and can find out more about the game, one player noticed&nbsp;that Valorant Anticheat (kernel anti-cheat driver vgk.sys) starts upon computer boot and it stays turned on even if you don&#8217;t play the game. This Reddit thread&nbsp;got significant attention, and&nbsp;RiotArkem,&nbsp;anti-cheat lead on Valorant, confirmed with a comment that it is&nbsp;intended behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes we run a driver at system startup, it doesn&#8217;t scan anything (unless the game is running), it&#8217;s designed to take up as few system resources as possible, and it doesn&#8217;t communicate to our servers. You can remove it at any time,&#8221; Arkem sais&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/VALORANT\/comments\/fzxdl7\/anticheat_starts_upon_computer_boot\/fn6yqbe\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">in his comment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is good for stopping cheaters because a common way to bypass anti-cheat systems is to load cheats before the anti-cheat system starts and either modify system components to contain the cheat or to have the cheat tamper with the anti-cheat system as it loads. Running the driver at system startup time makes this significantly more difficult.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also wanted to stress out that the driver does not collect or send any information about your computer back to Riot and that it doesn&#8217;t scan anything unless the game is running. He finishes his post by assuring players that they will remove it if &#8220;our security tools do more harm than good .&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/valorant-split-map-guide-spike-sites-callouts-strategies-and-tips-tricks\" target=\"_blank\">Valorant Split Map Guide: Spike Sites, Callouts, Strategies and Tips &amp; Tricks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some players are okay with this transparency, but others don&#8217;t like these intrusive measures, even if they aren&#8217;t harmful. Some think that this will open security holes for people with malicious intentions while others are still simply worried because Tencent is behind it.<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on this? Are you okay&nbsp;with this kind of measures for the sake of removing cheaters?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valorant beta is off to a good start, and Riot sure must be happy about it. 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