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Riot now lets you enable its anti-cheat when you want to

The Verge Tech·3h·Media

If League of Legends and Valorant players have the right hardware and elect to opt into "pre-boot security mechanisms and Windows' own native protection features," then, starting today, they can switch the Vanguard anti-cheat software from always-on to one that's "on demand." With "Vanguard Pre-Check," the kernel-level driver won't launch when your system does, according to a blog post from Phillip Koskinas, Riot's head of anti-cheat. Riot is able to introduce this new feature now after working

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Published
6/24/2026, 5:00:00 PM
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