Riot Games released a Vanguard update for Valorant and League of Legends aimed at detecting DMA cheats that use external devices to write directly to a computer’s RAM. Riot posted a photo resembling a drug bust haul with a caption implying owners would get a $6k paperweight. The post was widely interpreted as a claim that Vanguard could remotely brick computers, triggering backlash. Riot responded by stating Vanguard does not damage hardware, disable devices, or affect PC software. Riot clarified the image showed cheat hardware sold explicitly for cheating in Valorant, and the update makes those devices worthless for use in the game.
"Riot Games says its Vanguard anti-cheat tool won't "brick" the computers of hackers ruining everyone's fun in its multiplayer games. And that's too bad, since cheaters deserve to suffer at least twice as much as the beleaguered gamers that willingly subject themselves to grinding MMR in one of the company's titles already do."
"The brouhaha stems from a Vanguard update the "Valorant" and "League of Legends" maker released last week that targets notoriously hard to detect direct memory access (DMA) cheats, which bypass security measures by using an external device to write directly to a computer's RAM."
""There's been a wave of claims by cheaters about Vanguard 'bricking' their PCs, so let's clear that up: Vanguard does not damage hardware or disable your devices," it wrote in a lengthy X statement less than a day later. "The photo we posted is a picture of cheat hardware devices that are sold explicitly for cheating in VALORANT (not normal PCs or PC components)," it added."
""Through our latest updates, Vanguard now makes those devices worthless for VAL, but does not in any way brick PCs or PC components or PC software." The backlash is a reflection of how controversial Riot's Vanguard software remains years after it was first released in 2020."
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