Activision tells players its Ricochet Anti-Cheat system is not always-on Call of Duty: Warzone will get a kernel-level anti-cheat system in an update scheduled for next month, a significant escalation in developers’ efforts to root out and remove cheaters from a free-to-play battle royale that claims more than 100 million users.
Ricochet will only be operating when players are in Call of Duty: Warzone on their PC, Activision said, and the software is not an “always-on” monitor.
When players shut down Call of Duty: Warzone, the driver turns off, the company said.
Ricochet will be monitoring applications that attempt to interact with or manipulate Call of Duty: Warzone.