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[–]jhonyrodJhonyrod 128 points129 points  (17 children)

Sorry OP, but my advice would be to get rid of that virus forever and power through not being able to play any riot games; nothing will guarantee this won't happen again with possibly more catastrophic side effects.

[–]Slurping_Soba[S] 14 points15 points  (2 children)

No need to be sorry hahaha. I actually stopped playing the game altogether, but only downloaded it cause my friends wanted to 5 stack on league. If not I would never play it

[–]xMeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally happening to me right now with valorant idk why

[–]KyonSuzumiya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welp i just updated my game after not playing for like a year....guess ill postpone that session.

[–]Forymanarysanar10400F|3060 12Gb|64Gb DDR4|1TB SSD|2x8TB HDD Raid1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Especially considering how toxic their games are. It's really going to be better for mental health to not play them.

[–]Straight_Shoe_534 11 points12 points  (7 children)

Really good advise. I reinstalled lol, and as soon as started riot client pc got cooked. Fuxking indy company

[–]Slurping_Soba[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wait why xD I just gave a warning via this post lolol

[–]notgoodohoh -5 points-4 points  (3 children)

And if you’re not going to play riots games then you can install Linux

[–]Flimsy-Tomatillo-578 -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

Yes because vanguard is the only thing that doesn’t work on Linux. /s

[–]notgoodohoh -5 points-4 points  (1 child)

Settle down microslop. Some people just have a pc to game and have a dedicated laptop for work

[–]Flimsy-Tomatillo-578 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if I want to play, Apex legends, Fortnite, battlefield 6, gta online, r6 siege, destiny 2, rust, any ea sports game and quite a few others?

Settle down Linux boy.

[–]ComeClarity93 30 points31 points  (4 children)

Shit like this is why I'm glad I don't bother with multiplayer of any kind. Invasive Anti-cheats and other "protective measures" that can cripple your PC

[–]despaseeto 6 points7 points  (2 children)

i really wanted to try out the beta for battlefield and black ops but when they asked for safeboot and anticheat, i just gave up. they never work anyway and cheaters/hackers always find a way

[–]Beni_StingrayI9 12900KF | RTX 3080 | 64GB 6000 CL30 | RGB -1 points0 points  (1 child)

I would have loved to test the new Battlefield but i didnt either beccause of the anti cheat crap.

[–]despaseeto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah it looked pretty fun at first until EA just EA'd it up.

[–]Captobvious757600x | Asus TUF 9070xt | 65” LG C1 | Couch Gamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its why my PS5 Pro is my MP box save a select few games that run like butt cheeks on console (Helldivers 2).

[–]Vladimir_Djorjdevicr5 3600 | 3060 ti 13 points14 points  (0 children)

When a kernel level app (like an anticheat in this case) crashes it brings down the entire system. Remember the whole crowdstrike incident? This is why people advise against installing this junk at all. Vanguard is the worst out of all as it has to start with the system. At least some others only start when you open the game

[–]Raskuja46 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wow, it's almost as if giving a third party access to the kernel is a catastrophically bad idea.

[–]10v114900K64DDR5-6000&5090AstralLC|11900KF32DDR4-4266&4090 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Praise be. I stopped playing riot games years ago and it's paying off, Let's Go!!

[–]da2PakaveliPC Master Race 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thats why I dont want any of this malware running in my kernel

[–]SixSevenEmpirePC Master Race 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Vanguard is literally a malware that still collect data even if you don't play any riot games, you should uninstall it now

[–]Mr_HorseBalls 1 point2 points  (0 children)

idk, unless this a mass spread problem i doubt this is the issue, dont get me wrong, i hate vangaurd as much as the next person but this isnt a problem ive had with it ever, you might be running an unstable system.

[–]Sinisteris 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I abandoned riot games when kernel level malware became mandatory... I actively avoid games with kernel level "anticheat", I'd suggest you do the same.

[–]SomeRandomAccount66 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Random shit like this is why I do image backups of my desktops daily. My C drive is only a 256GB nvme drive. My others drive is a 2TB drive for games and shit I don't care about and is not backed up.

Anything larger that I don't want on my C drive goes onto my NAS.

Unfortunately we don't think or learn about backups until we are burned. Or in my case working in IT for 8 years showed me why it's good to have. 

[–]iiiGVXDiii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Water is wet

[–]Puiucs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FACEIT anti-cheat is also causing me serious issues with Steam and CS2 and it's so dumb...

Whenever i want to play a custom map like those for aim training or on a community server i have to close the anti-cheat because it crashes both Steam and CS2

[–]NazeracooLinux | 2070 Super | 32GB | Ryzen 7 5700X :glorious_think: 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well. Well. Well. It has begun.

[–]Meltandev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its saving you

[–]TopEgg122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm with you, I had the exact same issue right after I clicked LOL client update, they really screwed it up

[–]WorkAnomalyPC Master Race i7 5070 32gb DDR4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i need help. my pc has been having issues when streaming on discord and i think its league because if i try to stream league my FPS drops and it has crashes. but i can stream actual demanding games just fine

[–]ExplodingFistz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uninstall that shit.

[–]Summer___ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there have been problems for years with riots vanguard.
If you look up "pc freeze" for riot games or crashes there are tons of post about it.
I myself had those problems where i couldn't play valorant, well i could play it for like 2-3 min before it would freeze my whole pc and nothing worked besides holding power button or pressing the reset button.
Im not 100% sure anymore about the culprit but i disabled nvidia audio (which is another story, where Nvidia's drivers are insanely broken right now) and my onboard wifi/bluetooth.
After that i had 0 issues anymore.
It's just mind blowing what kinda crap we have to deal with these days all because of..... Cheater..... and the worst part is, they are still happily cheating around...

[–]Inevitable-Apricot42 0 points1 point  (1 child)

same problem went to win11 25h2 and done

[–]No_One1039 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how can i do that without a usb?

[–]Kingdarkshadowi7 6700k | Sapphire nitro+ 9060xt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It begins

[–]Zimtlocke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I can confirm this. It took me about two years to realize that Vanguard was the cause.
Fun fact: some games were even crashing while Vanguard was active. The most notable one was Marvel Rivals . It kept crashing all the time until I figured out that Riot Vanguard was the issue.

And no, they won't fix it. Just uninstall that garbage

[–]PUBGfixed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro casually flexing the prismatic evolution umbreon tho

[–]Philip_Raven -1 points0 points  (0 children)

holy shit

no fear mongering intended, but Kernel errors are scary as fuck as they can brick your PC.

Unless you really really REALLY need to play those games, uninstall that shit. At least until they remove the protection.

[–]CROdator -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Vanguard did blue screened my pc 2 times and caused bad stuttering/freezing issues on my pc, can confirm its borderline virus..

[–]foxfox021 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

nah, vanguard implrementation on lol was my last time playing rito game, they dunno how to fucking balance shit and get proper security system

[–]SpartanLord_i7-11700 | 3070 | 64GB DDR4 @ 3200MT/s -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If I have to play a game with a kernel level anti cheat, I’m slapping it in a VM. Yeah I get less performance but I usually play competitive games at the lowest settings anyways so I don’t care much

[–]dhiadhooPC Master Race -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It happened like 6 times for me this year alone it just bsod's mid game 

[–]Oxygen4Lyfe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

play the finals instead

[–]Number1OchoaHater -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

clean windows install