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Riot Vanguard finally drops its controversial always-on requirement for anti-cheat — new on-demand mode requires a strict Windows 11 security stack

… The new mode, Vanguard On-Demand, loads the driver only when a Riot game launches and unloads it on exit, made possible by a Windows 11 25H2 feature that records driver activity even while Vanguard is dormant. …

Jun 25, 2026 · Luke James

Valorant anti-cheat update soft-bricks $6,000 cheating hardware, company then trolls cheaters on social media — studio tweets 'congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight'

Valorant cheaters have watched their $6,000 investment turned into paperweights overnight as Riot Games updated the Vanguard anti-cheat software to block DMA Direct Memory Access cheating devices. …

May 23, 2026 · Zhiye Liu

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News Archive | August 2025 | Tom's Hardware

…it won't run if you have Valorant also running, thanks to Riot's anti-cheat — shut down Vanguard if you plan to join the second open beta this weekend (Updated) Intel…