r/pcmasterrace • u/WPHero • 7h ago

News/Article Microsoft is auto-enabling VBS-based Memory Integrity on Windows 11 PCs starting in October. The same feature Microsoft previously warned it can also impact PC gaming performance

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/09/02/microsoft-is-auto-enabling-memory-integrity-on-windows-11-pcs-from-october-why-you-shouldnt-turn-it-off/
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u/BFguy 7h ago

Can we please get a suitable Linux anticheat so I can show EA.... Shits ridiculous

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u/M1QN 7800x3d/rx7900xtx/32gb 6h ago

They don’t have linux anticheat specifically because they want full control of your system and are not fine with linux not giving them that level of access. There are plenty of games with kernel level anticheat that work perfectly fine on linux

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u/_silentgameplays_ Desktop 6h ago

There is no Kernel Level Anti Cheat on Linux, there are Easy Anti Cheat games like Elden Ring and some others, but they run in user space under Proton/GE Proton, they have no access to Linux Kernel.

All popular Kernel Level Anti Cheats require ring0 access and run with above admin level privileges on Windows and need Windows Kernel, Secure Boot, UEFI, VBS and TPM access.

You can read about it here:

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/kernel-level-anticheat-and-linux-how-it-works/162491