> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.exploits.gg/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Why Cheats Requires Anti-Virus to Be Disabled

> Understand why cheats requires anti-virus to be disabled, how cheats interact with your system, and what causes false positive detections.

If you've been told to disable your anti-virus before running a cheat, it's a reasonable thing to want to understand. This page explains exactly why it's required, how cheats work at a technical level, and what your anti-virus software actually sees when a cheat is running.

## How cheats work

Cheats don't run like normal programs. To function, they must:

* Attach to the game process while it's running
* Read and modify game memory in real time
* Inject code into the game process
* Interact with protected or monitored areas of the system

These actions are required for features like ESP, aimbot logic, and other in-game modifications to work.

## How anti-virus sees cheats

Anti-virus software doesn't judge intent — it looks at behavior. Any program that:

* Injects into another process
* Modifies memory
* Hooks game functions

is automatically flagged as suspicious. These behaviors are common in malware, so anti-virus blocks them by default even when the file itself is completely clean.

## Why cheats get flagged

This is why cheats are often detected as:

* Trojans
* Generic malware
* Suspicious programs

These are **false positives** caused by how cheats operate, not because the cheat is actually malicious.

## Why you need to disable everything

Most anti-virus programs have multiple layers of protection:

* Real-time scanning
* Behavioral monitoring
* Background services

Even if one feature is turned off, others can still interfere. This can cause:

* Injection failures
* Crashes
* Features not working correctly
* Files being silently quarantined without warning

Fully disabling your anti-virus (or correctly excluding the cheat files) prevents this interference entirely.

<Note>
  You are free to re-enable your anti-virus after you're done playing. The cheat only requires protection to be off while it's being loaded and while you're in-game.
</Note>

For step-by-step instructions on how to properly disable Windows Defender and related protections, see [Anti-Virus Setup](/pc-setup/anti-virus-setup).