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Is there a way to check what games/platforms install kernel drivers? I recently installed trackmania and after jumping through what felt like 10 hoops just to play the game (log in to epic, download epic games store, log into ubisoft, etc etc), I realized I have idea how much stuff is being installed on my pc after all these steps.


Most recent games install their anticheats from their own folder, so if you open something like Process Explorer and look at the loaded drivers list, you could tell by the path.

However, AFAIK nearly all games with anti-cheat (save for Valorant of course) load their anti-cheat when the game starts and unload it when the game closes. You can run something like Process Explorer/Monitor before running the game, then notice what drivers & services it's loading.




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