Call of Duty: Warzone Ricochet anti-cheat is a kernel-level system that aims to catch all cheaters

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The new anti-cheat system will hit PC ahead of Vanguard's release this year

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Call of Duty: Warzone is getting a robust new anti-cheat system that uses a kernel-level driver to bolster security. 

Ricochet Anti-Cheat is launching on PC alongside Call of Duty: Warzone's Pacific update later this year, with a subsequent release on Call of Duty: Vanguard at a later date.

For the uninitiated, kernel-level anti-cheat systems have drawn some scrutiny because they're able to access a wider range of software and applications on your PC, including your graphics card driver. The benefit is that the anti-cheat driver is able to better detect suspicious behavior and provide developers more data to combat cheaters, but what rubs some folks the wrong way is that it can monitor and manage your data beyond the application level.

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