Riot Games has announced a new feature for its anti-cheat software, Vanguard, allowing players of League of Legends and Valorant to enable it on demand. This change is effective immediately for players who have the appropriate hardware and opt into Windows' native protection features. According to Phillip Koskinas, Riot's head of anti-cheat, the Vanguard Pre-Check feature prevents the kernel-level driver from launching automatically at system startup. This development follows collaboration with the Xbox OS Security Team at Microsoft to enhance Windows kernel security against driver and memory exploits used by cheats.
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Riot Games Introduces On-Demand Anti-Cheat Feature for League of Legends and Valorant
Riot Games has launched an on-demand feature for its Vanguard anti-cheat software, allowing players to activate it as needed. This update is available for League of Legends and Valorant players with compatible hardware and is part of ongoing improvements in collaboration with Microsoft's Xbox OS Security Team.
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