48,000 Fraudulent Accounts Blocked at Warzone and Vanguard

Activision announced that 48,000 cheater accounts have been removed as part of the global launch of the new anti-cheat system in India. Call of Duty: Warzone And Call of Duty: Vanguard were banned.

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“Thanks to Team Ricochet,” said the tweet from the official Call of Duty account. According to the publisher Ricochet’s controversial anti-cheat system works at the kernel level and “operates on high privileges on your computer and can access all of your system’s resources.”

, Yesterday 48,000 fraudulent accounts were banned across the country #warzone And #Pawn thanks for doing #TeamRICOCHET, pic.twitter.com/CEnAUFwcvt

— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) December 22, 2021

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The system should be able to detect any cheat software that is running in the background. This is important for Activision, as cheating software is becoming more and more complex and according to the publisher, in-game solutions just aren’t rolling out anymore.

The new anti-cheat program should not only monitor games, but also all other applications to track possible manipulation. Activision says the software only activates when the game itself is running. If the players close the game, then also close the software.

Initially, the technology was introduced in Warzone, but cheater protection will soon be released for Vanguard as well. Warzone players had to download software with Pacific Update from the Battle.net client in order to play the shooter.