BattlEye

By BattlEye Innovations · Kernel-level · In use since 2004 · Uses a kernel driver

BattlEye runs deep system inspection through a kernel driver and tends to issue Global Bans that span every BattlEye-protected title at once. The vendor operates a direct support address and accepts evidence-led submissions, but reversals are uncommon and require the file to isolate a clear false-positive signal.

Restriction tiers

  • Title-specific ban

    Action limited to a single title before escalation.

  • Global Ban

    Vendor-issued restriction that applies across every BattlEye-protected game on the same device.

  • Publisher overlay

    Some publishers add a separate account-level restriction on top of the BattlEye Global Ban.

What it checks

How BattlEye looks for cheats, as far as this is publicly known.

  • Kernel driver scan
  • Global Ban model that propagates across every BattlEye title
  • Behavioural pattern detection
  • Manual review escalation path

Identifiers it can use

Data that can tie a ban to your device rather than only to your account.

  • SMBIOS board and chassis serials
  • Disk and storage controller identifiers
  • MAC addresses of physical network adapters
  • Process tree and signed-driver inventory

Points an appeal can make

Arguments that can matter in an appeal, depending on your facts.

  • Operator-direct submission via the vendor support address
  • Isolate the specific binary the vendor identified
  • Demonstrate the flagged process was inactive at session time
  • Parallel publisher submission for the title-specific layer

How appeals are handled

Where appeals go and what to expect from the process.

  • Vendor responses can take several weeks; multiple submissions slow the queue
  • EU residents may pursue the publisher through DSA Art. 17 / 20 / 21 in parallel

Evidence to collect

Keep these before you send anything to the publisher.

  • Global Ban notice with the GUID
  • Process list and uninstall logs
  • Anti-virus quarantine logs where applicable
  • Hardware inventory and BIOS revision history

This page summarises public information. Anti-cheat vendors do not publish every detail of how their systems work, so read it as background, not as an explanation of how your own case was decided.

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