Activision has announced that Call of Duty Warzone and Call of Duty: Vanguard will get a new anti-cheat system, called RICOCHET. Additionally, Activision will launch a new PC kernel-level driver in order to fight back cheaters.
Now we know that a lot of you don’t like kernel-level anti-cheat solutions, which is why we’ve decided to share this news. I mean, we all saw what happened with Valorant’s kernel-based anti-cheat solution.
As Raven Software claimed, RICOCHET Anti-Cheat’s kernel-level driver operates only while playing Call of Duty: Warzone on PC. This driver will monitor the software and applications that interact with Call of Duty: Warzone. Additionally, the team claims that this anti-cheat will not be always-on.
Furthermore, RICOCHET will use machine learning (AI) in order to further improve its security. Not only that, but Raven suggests using the two-factor authentication method in order to protect your account.
“Another layer in the battle against cheaters is the evolving use of machine learning (ML). ML algorithms examine gameplay data from the server, helping to identify suspicious behavior trends, and add another layer of security as part of the overall RICOCHET Anti-Cheat initiative.”
It will be interesting to see how PC gamers will respond to this new anti-cheat system!
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A few months later?….Activision apologies for high risk vulnerability detected in their
kernel-level driver anti cheat system….
You’re implying Activision apologizes. That’s quite a stretch right there.
gj
We comin’ back to Suckurom, Punkbuster and Starforce now?
Glad I don’t play Call of Doody den.
God, i hate Starforce will all my soul
Only on PC? Lmao those fools think that there are no cheaters/cheats on consoles hahaha
Yup ther are, custom gamepad with memory is needed.
There is also Cronus Zenn, Action Packs that fake your input.
+ VPN is also cheating, it’s breaking Acti/COD ToS
Excellent, their anti-cheat wasn’t as good as kernel based anti-cheats such as EAC.
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I approve, any competitive games should have this feature, cheating in COD gives you a crazy advantage due to the map size. If you don’t like it, just don’t play it.
This is the thinking capacity of your average CoD player. Defends outright malware that has deep, root-system access and control of your system underneath the guise of “muh anticheat muh competitive”.
Exactly. Any program that required access to deep system is highly risky. Sure they will say it’s “safe”, will not use it for other purposes. Do you really trust mega corporation at their word? Like they said their games won’t have mtx then after a few months they added it anyway, betraying the trust etc. Once they got access to your system, who knows what they will include in it.
This is the equivalent of believing that all cops should have a copy of the keys to your house, as well as your alarm code, just to ensure that extra bit of safety.
Where do intellectually bankrupt idiots like you come from? Holy f**k.
M A L W A R E
Like I need ANY more reason to avoid this pile of worthless, moron-appealing garbage.
I guess Activision never ceases to amaze.
fk u
Haha, you sure told me. Brilliant use of your mind, bud. Have a good one.
do you want to keep going with this ? not so bright he
“kernel-level driver”
Kernel level software is very dangerous to security of whole PC. This kind of code is never as good as kernel written by much more experienced developers. People should never install this kind of programs on any PC connected to internet.
With millions of Call of Duty players this can be biggest security threat in last few years
When uncle Kotick decides to prop up an UK tribes men company instead of the Austrian one (Denuvo). Migrants into the “US”, jobs out to the EU into “whitey’s land”.
I have to admit though, this is midly surprising, never expected those law suits to make uncle Koticks company do something like this.