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Kernel cheat vs DMA cheat 2026 — which is safer for CS2

Kernel-level cheats fight kernel-level anti-cheat on the same OS. DMA cheats live on a different machine entirely. After 18 months on FACEIT AC v4.7, here is which architecture won.

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ARCH2026-04-225 min read
Kernel cheat vs DMA cheat 2026 — which is safer for CS2

Kernel cheats had a brief golden era in 2022–2023. With FACEIT AC v4.7 also running in kernel, that war is over. DMA won by sidestepping the battlefield.

Kernel vs Kernel

FACEIT AC v4.7 hooks the NT syscall table, monitors driver loads, scans kernel modules for known cheat signatures every 60 seconds. Any kernel cheat has to hide from this in real time — a race they keep losing.

  • Kernel cheat lifespan in 2026: 7–21 days
  • Vendor downtime per patch: 1–5 days
  • Detection often comes with HWID ban
  • Driver vulnerabilities patched monthly

DMA wins by not fighting

DMA has no driver, no process, no module on the gaming PC. FACEIT AC scans nothing because there's nothing to scan. Zero arms race. Our DMA users haven't lost a match to detection in 18 months.

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