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You can never, ever trust the client. Client side anticheat is wasteful security theater.
Get your "anticheat" code off my cpu and implement actual security on your servers.
In this case it's discussing DRM, not anti-cheat.
Its still the wild west of this invention. Theres a possibility that trying this will brick your PC.
Would it actually brick it? It seems like at worst it would be an os reinstall
I feel like denuvo is gonna start trying to release CPU microcode some day. Then we can get true bricking.
It seems like at worst it would be an os reinstall
It depends. Some malware would not be removed by an OS reinstall.
A few examples are mentioned here:
As I understand it, it also leaves your system wide open to malware to just come right in. I've seen statements that it should only be used during a game session to minimize risk, but that's still a risk, and you know some people won't do that.
On the one hand I've already trusted fitgirl with my computer and therefore my life, on the other hypervisor seems sketch even from a trusted source.
Fitgirl is a repacker, not a cracker. When you trust a cracked game, you're not trusting her.
No, you trust whoever you got it from. Either to not tamper with the game, or ensure it wasn't malware to begin with.
Edit: hm, actually, i guess that means I've only trusted fitgirl with my computer and therefore my life a handful of times.
I guess that is true to the extent that she isn't knowingly sharing infected files. And her track record IS stellar.
this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2026
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