Riot Vanguard finally drops its controversial always-on requirement for anti-cheat

tomshardware.com 2026-06-26 Luke James

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Technologies:Vanguard Windows 11 25H2 UEFI Secure Boot TPM 2.0 Virtualization-Based Security HVCI IOMMU Runtime Driver Attestation Report Xbox OS Security DMA cheat hardware

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Anti-cheat software Gaming security Vanguard Riot Games Windows 11 UEFI Secure Boot TPM 2.0 Virtualization-based Security HVCI IOMMU Driver loading Game performance optimization

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Riot Games has announced that its anti-cheat software Vanguard will no longer force-load at Windows startup, marking a significant shift in gaming security practices. Previously, Vanguard had been act... Read original →

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