Riot Games has allowed Valorant users to disable the Vanguard anti-cheat system after leaving the game. Studio employee about this on Reddit. This can be done in the system tray, where active applications are displayed.
The developers explained that after Vanguard is disabled, players will not be able to launch Valorant until they restart their computer. If desired, anti-cheat can be removed from the computer. It will be installed again when the user wants to play Riot's shooter again.
The company also said that Vanguard can block the launch of some programs. In case of blocking, the user will be shown a notification, upon clicking on which he can get more information about the reasons. According to them, mostly vulnerable applications that can be used for hacking are blocked.
Earlier, a large-scale discussion about Vanguard began in the community. The reason was that after installing Valorant, the anti-cheat worked on computers constantly and with elevated privileges. As a guarantee of the reliability of Riot Games pay $100 thousand to anyone who finds a vulnerability in its software.
Source: 3dnews.ru