Update 04/28: Riot has responded to player concerns over Valorant’s always-on anti-cheat software, and has implemented a switch that allows the Vanguard system to be turned off while you are not ...

The new Valorant anti-cheat system, Vanguard, blocks legitimate apps even when Valorant isn't running. Players have taken to social media to express their concerns about the Valorant anti-cheat system ...

Not only were the Valorant devs able to make Vanguard one of the most sophisticated cheats-catching software in the world but are still striving to make it stronger with each passing patch. Riot Games ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. This week’s dev blog post from the team behind Valorant talks about the development and implementation of the anti-cheat system. The current ...

For as long as there have been video games, there have been people willing to find ways to cheat. Hobbyists have long dedicated themselves to finding vulnerabilities in games, often with the goal of ...

Over the past few days, some Valorant players have raised concerns about the fact that the game’s anti-cheat driver (vgk.sys) runs as soon as you turn on your computer. Now, Riot Games, the new ...

Riot’s Vanguard in Valorant has been one of the most successful anti-cheat systems in the history of gaming. The kernel-based software has set itself apart from other anti-cheat applications and is ...

Riot Games, the developer of Valorant, has issued a challenge to hackers that can “demonstrate practical exploits” in the game’s new anti-cheating system, Vanguard. The challenge was issued on ...

Valorant is cracking down on hackers by implementing ranked rollbacks to reverse progress or rank if a match is affected by ...

Riot Games announced last night that a new update to the Vanguard anti-cheat system used in Valorant will let users disable and/or easily uninstall the kernel-level security driver via a system tray ...

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