Recently, we have seen the first banned player in Valorant, which leads to a full match closure with a message that a hacker has been detected. The match end does not grant the leading or losing team with any credit. Instead, it returns them to the game’s lobby, punishing the cheater only.
Now, we have seen numerous of videos regarding the anti-cheat system named “Vanguard” and how easy it is to bypass it. Most of the time, they are taken as a confidence booster by the abusers, but the reality is that Valorant is still closed beta. Therefore, Valorant’s Anti-Cheat is most probably going to evolve, evaluating the difference between normal and abnormal reaction times.
Shortly after installing the game, you’re prompted to restart your PC for the Anti-Cheat to install. That is how the Vanguard Anti-Cheat writes its Kernel piece and becomes an executable at startup. But, that executable has raised many questions of why it starts with PC bootup instead of a game startup.
As /u/RiotArkem, an official representative responded in a thread. The anti-cheat actually considers the PC as trusted if the Vanguard driver is booted at PC startup and that it doesn’t do anything until the game is booted. Nevertheless, the backlash is still ongoing, and the community has responded very aggressively on the matter.
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