FACEIT Anti-Cheat is our custom-built software, designed to uphold the highest level of integrity in Counter-Strike games played under its protection.
FACEIT Anti-Cheat is made of 3 parts:
- An app which must be running whenever playing a protected Counter-Strike 2 match
- A kernel mode driver, loaded upon PC boot
- A server-side SDK, securing communication between the client and the server - telling us your Anti-Cheat is successfully running while in a match
We’ve developed every single component of our Anti-Cheat ourselves, with match integrity and personal computer safety as our top priorities. We’ve taken every step to ensure these priorities are upheld, with extensive testing, strict access control policies and product reviews done both internally by employees and externally through our responsible disclosure policy and HackerOne Bug Bounty program.
Safety also means data privacy to us: the Anti-Cheat has been made with EFG’s commitment to data protection, and we’ve worked closely with our legal, data privacy, and compliance teams to make sure we meet standards set by local data protection laws. We’ve detailed what data we collect and how we handle it in full in our Privacy Notice.
Additionally, we’ve added the ability to control the activity of the Anti-Cheat driver, allowing you to disable it by finding the icon in the your taskbar tray and selecting “disable driver”. This lets you unload and deactivate the driver without uninstalling the Anti-Cheat itself. To re-enable the driver and play Counter-Strike on FACEIT, just restart your PC!
To be clear, the AC software itself only activates and collects game and Anti-Cheat data when Counter-Strike is running
More recently, we’ve started requiring Windows Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 to allow you to play on FACEIT, to better protect your games. For more information on how to successfully enable these, we’ve made a set of guides for you to follow: TPM & Secure Boot on Windows 10, How to Enable TPM 2.0 and Enabling Secure Boot.
To prevent cheaters and griefers from circumventing our protective measures, the FACEIT Anti-Cheat is only available for Windows 10 and 11. Mac and Linux versions are not available.