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now imagein the wrong people for example those who currently hack lobbies etc feel a bit spicy and shut down your cpu cooling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzfPE5lKy1E this video explains it probably a bit better
Now, some people are going to come in and say 'It's been proven that EAC wasn't at fault' (Hint: It certainly wasn't) and that's debatable since all you have is the word folks who have a vested interest in making sure EAC doesn't appear broken.
Nevertheless, the back door to allow remote code execution was the very first thing on everyone's mind. That's why that was the first thing everyone asked and the first thing everyone checked. Because it's the primary risk.
Let's not forget that the anti-cheat didn't do the one thing it was supposed to do: Prevent cheats.
The issues demonstrated from the APEX hack are exactly the issues you're at risk at if you play Helldivers 2.
And not to beat a dead horse, but you could be doing everything right and SOMEONE ELSE can enter your game with cheats and ruin your progression. It's happening all over the place at the moment with no mitigation from GameGuard.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/553850/discussions/2/4206994023681304166/
Probably don't bother with the comments though
Most of the people who say that don't even own the game.
Alike 3 persons above this post.
GameGuard is not a malware. It is kernel level driver that can potentially conflict with some software you have installed.
You have 2 hours refund window on Steam to check that.
It have potential conflicts with custom USB controllers, like Corsair Commander Pro fan controllers or some less popular headphones with USB sound card.
Unfortunately people can post all sort of nonsense crap over internet without even knowing what they blab about.
Here are some malware scan reports from multiple AV vendors. GameGurad is clean. Not even tagged as potentially unwanted program (PUP).
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file-analysis/YmMwMWNmZmNlYTk4MDAwZDUxNzRjNjFlMTU0ZjlkOWY6MTcxMDgwNTAxNA==
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/9cf874913836bf8d93d0398d6b9cd281d899c5bd490dead10dee336a324715a4
People talk sh!t here about GameGuard, cos they think it will impact Devs decision to use it, and that they will switch to different anti-cheat.
It is not gonna happen. This game sold 9,3 million copies (estimated value by VG insights), and only handful of people have some issues with GameGuard, like 1% - 2%.
Just to add: while the 'good apples' are being punished by being forced to install rootkit malware, the cheaters are out there dripping all over the rest of us:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1bitoeo/new_skin/
Edit: Looks like the reddit mods removed the post, but it's a cheater with access to new skins, new titles, new weapons and new strategems.
malware /măl′wâr″/
noun
-Malicious computer software that interferes with normal computer functions or sends personal data about the user to unauthorized parties over the Internet.
-Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Not owning a game has nothing to do with knowledge about a third party program.
While nPGG is not malware, it is nevertheless a security risk. You're willingly adding an additional backdoor to your system for a PvE experience. And it doesn't even do the one job it is supposed to do. So if it cannot accomplish that, what is the benefit of installing another backdoor into your system?
OP didnt prove-checked anything, just blindly copy/paste everything he found.
2) nProtect works fine only with active cheats. Any memory swap still there (stuff like max samples, 1000000000health or access to unreleased stuff that is in the game files).
No, hackers can't access through it into your PC, unless it's a Data Breach, but look at part 1.
Also it's absolutely NOT needed here. It's a layer on unpredictability to your system while you are playing the game. For absolutely no reason (well, reason is Super credits, but it should have been stored at their servers anyway).
You're literally installing a ring-0 anti cheat that does nothing to prevent cheating, but opens you to malicious attacks.
Just look at the farce going on with apex legends right now.
EAC doesn't have that exploit.
Not saying that i'm fine with anything with kernel access outside of windows/drivers, but any hate towards AC should be justified.
https://youtu.be/-1zxjGxpnqA
Hint:
To 99% it wasnt EAC
Lol, have your jester award, you earned it.
Anti-cheat to be even remotely effective needs low level access to your system to block cheats.
You could have keyboard hook or some virtual driver at Ring 1, so how would anti-cheat block it, if it was running at user-space Ring 3? It wouldn't...
And this is like the simplest case. There are more sophisticated methods of cheating, which I'm not interested at all, so I'm not the right person to ask, but you can see the point of anti-cheat running at Ring 0 even on this simple example.
And yes, GameGuard block cheats.
It blocks:
AutoHothey - macros e.g. stratagem cheats, more sophisticated are weapons fire alternations, or recoil removal.
Reshade - it can access to graphic pipeline and inject custom DDLs. Helldivers 2 is not PvP, but Reshade in general could give you advantage in such games.
I hope +999 samples drop and infinite stratagems cheats will be fixed soon.
Not a single anti-cheat software is or ever will be 100% effective.
It's a 'cat & mouse play', where cheat Devs implement new sh!t and game Devs try to counter it.
Sometimes one side is winning and sometimes the other. It's like their own meta-game.
Selling paid and custom cheats, and not the public rubbish that will make you instantly banned, is supposedly a big business I heard.
And game Devs are interested in blocking cheats, since active cheats brings Bad PR around the game and hurt game's sales.
Also if cheating was rampant, then players base would shrink significantly. That would result in dead game or almost dead game, and low or no sales on DLCs or MTXs.
That doesn’t mean it achieves 100% success. So it begs comparison between the options.
This one is made by a weird old Korean company, that has a reputation for issues. It is capable of causing hardware failures, even if by accident. Still technically possible.
It won’t stop hackers from bricking your save by maxing resources. One of the first things DRG devs thought of when they added mods, you need to actually back up the save data. It will always have a higher success rate than any AC.
So it can potentially cause hardware issues to a far greater degree than any other AC on the market, while not being able to protect your gameplay experience.
I would take the AC with lower likelihood to harm my PC, while not being able to protect my gameplay experience, SO they bother to add in save backups.
That is the optimal solution. Ignoring people that have issues is blind consumerism. Always opt for the best solution for us consumers, not what the company chose.
Just wanted to touch on this. Whether RCE was the fault of the anticheat or Apex's application, it's a lose-lose for the anticheat. EAC had one job - it did not do this job.
GG on the other hand, most definitely has an exploit and it is officially documented with a demonstrable proof of concept and is without a standing resolution.