Maybe don't give unrestricted access to your PC.

Who is snooping on your computer? In the world of video games, fast reflexes, skill, and strategy are supposed to dictate success. However, individuals seeking an unfair advantage can and do still ...

is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Electronics Arts (EA) is launching a new kernel-level anti-cheat system for ...

Collateral damage.

Valve is ensuring better transparency is coming from developers using kernel-level anti-cheat software, as it must now be flagged on the game's Steam store page. While the use of kernel-level ...

EA announced its latest salvo in the endless cat-and-mouse battle of PC gaming cheat detection on Tuesday, and the effort prominently features one term sure to raise a red flag for some users: “kernel ...

Electronic Arts (EA) has announced the launch of EA AntiCheat (EAAC), a kernel-level system that it says is "absolutely vital" to take on the cheaters who have increasingly sought to utilize this deep ...

Gerardo is a marketing major and copywriter with over 4 years of experience. He fell in love with gaming as a toddler when his maternal grandmother bought him a Nintendo NES. Ever since then, he ...

The old adage that cheaters never prosper clearly didn't take online PC gaming into account, because things like aimbots and other sketchy tools continue to be a big problem. Fortunately, game ...

Kernel-level anti-cheat software is a contentious issue among gamers. It’s a solution for rampant cheating in online games, but some players see the powerful software as a huge overstep on the PCs ...

When the open beta went live, many players were met with a message saying that they needed to enable secure boot for Battlefield 6 to run at all — which resulted in a Steam review bomb on BF 2042. Not ...

More importantly, I wish that all of these increasingly intrusive 'anti-cheat' systems would provide an OFF switch, for the many players who simply don't need cheat protection - and could happily live ...