Anti-Cheat Systems
Every anti-cheat TraceX works against.
Every hardware ban comes from one of 12 anti-cheat systems — EasyAntiCheat, BattlEye, RICOCHET, Vanguard, ACE, and more. Each one fingerprints your PC differently, but they all key off the same class of hardware identifiers: motherboard serial, disk IDs, MAC addresses, TPM data.
Pick the anti-cheat behind your ban to see exactly what it tracks, how its enforcement works, and how TraceX rewrites the identifiers it relies on — or browse every supported game directly.
Easy Anti-Cheat
Epic Games · 17 games
BattlEye
BattlEye Innovations · 13 games
RICOCHET
Activision · 3 games
ACE
Tencent · 4 games
EA AntiCheat
Electronic Arts · 3 games
GameGuard
INCA Internet · 3 games
Byfron
Byfron Technologies · 1 game
Blizzard Anti-Cheat
Blizzard Entertainment · 1 game
Xigncode3
Wellbia · 2 games
Ironshield
IRONMACE · 1 game
Phanuel
Bad Guitar Studio · 1 game
Vanguard
Riot Games · 2 games
Recognise your game, find your engine
Most players know the game they were banned in and not the software that flagged them. The engine decides which identifiers get collected; the publisher that licenses it decides what happens to an account and a machine afterwards, which is why two titles running the same anti-cheat can enforce very differently. Start from a familiar title below, then read the hub for the engine behind it.
For a side-by-side of how the major engines detect hardware, read Anti-Cheat Comparison: EAC vs BattlEye, and check the live anti-cheat detection status board before you plan a recovery.
Easy Anti-Cheat
BattlEye
RICOCHET
EA AntiCheat
GameGuard
Byfron
Blizzard Anti-Cheat
Xigncode3
Ironshield
Phanuel
Vanguard
Not sure which anti-cheat is behind your ban? Every supported game page names its anti-cheat directly, or run the HWID ban checker to confirm whether your ban is hardware-level before you dig further.
Two wider reference pieces sit behind these hubs. Games That HWID Ban: 2026 Coverage List groups every supported title under the engine that enforces its bans, which is the fastest way to place a game you do not see above. And because the wait is the part people actually care about, HWID Ban Duration by Game (2026) collects the published policy per publisher, while the ban duration lookup answers it for one title at a time.