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What an HWID ban is and how a spoofer works
An HWID ban hits your hardware, not just your account. Here is how games tie a ban to your PC and when a spoofer actually helps.
What Is an HWID Ban and Why Do You Need a Spoofer?
A regular ban usually blocks only the game account. In this situation, a user may create a new account and launch the game again.
An HWID ban works differently. It can be linked to the computer hardware, which means a new account used on the same device may also be blocked.
What is HWID?
HWID stands for Hardware ID. It is a set of identifiers connected to the hardware installed in your computer.
An anti-cheat system may check information from:
This information can be combined into a digital fingerprint of the computer. If that fingerprint is banned, simply changing the game account may not solve the problem.
- the motherboard;
- storage drives;