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Originally posted by Ketonax

Well, I assume your driver runs in kernel mode, because it start with the system. You straight away render most user mode cheats useless, the basic ones at least, where they are flagged instantly. At the same time 'someone more skilled' can find a vulnerability in your code and run their code in kernel mode. There is no way you can guarantee this won't happen, even when You state that several security teams had a look at your code.
There were multiple examples over the years with kernel drivers being exploited in the wild, Razer Synapse, Capcom and I believe there are several ways to break FaceIt anticheat.
You also stated it's very simple part that runs in kernel mode, which worries me that it will be simple to disable / override and render useless. Secondly, do you inform us anywhere during installation about this technique? I have beta access, but of course I skip all the reading and honestly don't remember.

Originally posted by lennihein

Is there any updates on the blogpost about the technicalities?

Originally posted by KindOldRaven

Hey there Arkem! I read your clarification. First of all: thanks for that, that was an immensely quick yet pretty detailed response to this topic! Secondly: I'm a bit of a control-freak when it comes to my PC. I'll monitor anything that activates on startup and usually turn most of it off, including non-essential Windows apps and files. I'll monitor Riot's Vanguard as I will any other 'new' component, but I will admit that if your take on anti-cheat proves effective and indeed causes no further issues (or proves to be a vulnerability of some sort)... well... I'll take anything over script kiddies who ruin (competitive) games for others.

tl;dr: thanks for explaining, that eased my mind quite a bit :)

Originally posted by InvalidZod

My opinion is still going to be a hard line in the sand of unacceptable. I closed LoL on the 7th and over the next 48 hours it dumped over 100GB of crash logs onto my C drive(where LoL was not installed). Thankfully I have the ability to pull my drive and delete the file from another device because my computer would not boot(Windows 10 needs more than 22MB to boot).

Originally posted by ItsPattex

Can you use those skins on any agent once unlocked or only that specific agent?

Originally posted by xTuna74x

Lol I figured someone had to make the joke. You guys made/are making a hell of a game!

Originally posted by slammy02

Where would I submit vulnerabilities for compensation? I like money more than cheating

Originally posted by valeriy_v

If you'll need one more opinion on this lineup of gun skins. I love Cypher's. I think this color scheme looks elegant and creates an illusion, at least in my head, of a classy Bond-like agent. This skin makes you not just a mercenary, but elevates you to high-class assassin.

Originally posted by iFeedz

Not OP, but I like the Omen/Cypher/Brimstone skins because they're clean. The Prism skins appeal to me as well, personally not a fan of the weapons currently available to purchase in the shop as the transformed models feel.. clunky(Reaver Vandal v. Regular)? I prefer clean re-skins/paints.

Originally posted by ReverseDead

If I could pick your brain for a moment. After I downloaded and played Valorant. Hence forth every time I boot up my computer for the first time that day. It will cause me to restart my pc as the anti-cheat system has not finished applying. When I go to restart my pc it takes about 7-10 min for it to actually boot up. But once I Shut my pc down it requires me to reinstall the anti cheat over and over again. I’ve tried deleting and reinstalling both Valorant and riot vanguard to no success. My pc on average took 10-15 sec to boot before I download Valorant this Tuesday.

Originally posted by Fer0xx

Hey, not sure if you'll see this. But the "Contracts" progress won't stick after the closed beta ends, right?

Originally posted by xTuna74x

Just dont turn it into a bitcoin miner like another company with this kind of anticheat.

Originally posted by whitesundreams

As more and more videos will surface of cheats in Valorant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATkpqYmWt8k please reconsider what I said about shadowbanning. Bans of accounts and hardware will never work. If you keep cheaters in a cheater pool and allow them to play against each other they will stay on those accounts as they can play instead of being forced to a new account.

Originally posted by ImSkripted

id assume VGK loads at system start to prevent people using vulnerable drivers to either run their own code and or load unsigned drivers and will prevent the vulnerable driver from loading or prevent valorant from running after.

if this is the case i do see one hole in this form of security, you only know about publicly known vulnerable drivers. there are many other drivers that could be used other than what ill call "Driver C" because of, well the first letter. I know of one that is not only a very common driver but is also their latest version of that driver so I don't see how you could differentiate between someone using it to load cheats or is just wanting to use it for its intended purpose. not to mention the person who discovered it submitted a report in 2019 to the company and Microsoft, who both are still yet to acknowledge it, I've even gone as far as to contact my university to help him get the driver a CVE & fix but due to corna it seems that has been put on the...

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Originally posted by sky361

Wtf? People do laugh about your anti-cheat in certain forums. Ive met so many aimbotting and wallhacking cheater after my 4th day, its not funny.

Originally posted by Vinzala

God, that sounds really great. A group of great minds trying to find a solution to a problem that is as old as gaming :D What did you study/learn to come into such a team? I have always been interested in the topic hacking/protection, but wasnt able to find a job in this field because i didnt know what qualification i need.

Originally posted by airjairj

Oh and... sorry dumb question, can't you let me in?? All my friends are playing while i'm still watching streams on streams.

But, as i said, very dumb question

Originally posted by Vinzala

This is amazing! Such a clever way of preventing a system corruption! Im just curious, how do you come up with your ideas?

Originally posted by Ketonax

So our PCs might be eventually exploited via your driver only when the game is running? Do we get that information upon installation or have I missed it?