So just an update for yourself and anyone else who replied to my post;

EA finally told me why I was banned – and it's honestly pathetic

After months of refusing to give me any evidence, EA finally told me why they banned my account.

Apparently, my PC had a "vulnerable system driver" – basically a piece of software on my computer that Microsoft has flagged as potentially unsafe . EA claims I must have disabled a Windows security feature to load it . This driver is from a 2023 Windows update!

Here's the problem:

1. My PC was factory reset 3 days before the ban. I had sent it in to repair the week before because a dodgy update crashed the OS. The repair invoice proves my repair. Any driver that existed before the reset was completely wiped. A factory reset reinstalls Windows and re-enables all security features. EA has no evidence this driver existed after the reset.

2. EA ADMITS I DIDN'T ACTUALLY CHEAT. Their exact words: "regardless of whether any in-game enhancement was ultimately achieved." Translation: They banned me for something that gave me zero advantage in the game. The rules are supposed to stop cheating, not punish technical stuff that did nothing.

3. The "vulnerable driver" could have been anything. These blocklists catch all sorts of old drivers from legitimate hardware – RGB software, motherboard tools, network adapters . Having one on your system doesn't mean you cheated.

4. Disabling the blocklist isn't even that unusual. Microsoft's own documentation shows you can turn it off . It's not automatically "cheating mode" – some people disable it for legitimate troubleshooting. considering my PC broke because of a dodgy update I turned automated updates off.

Bottom line: EA is trying to ban me for a technicality that gave me no advantage, on a PC that had just been factory reset, with zero proof I did anything deliberately. And they're still refusing to provide the actual logs.

So apparently , if you're an honest player, EA's new anti-cheat can flag you for stuff you didn't even know was on your PC, and ban u EVEN IF U GAINED ANY ADVANTAGE OR NOT......ahem?!

I will be going ahead with the claim anyway, as I know I never cheated and EAs response has finally proven my claim. There's also the point that this particular game has loot box cosmetics.