Secure Boot Becomes Required on PC for Anticheat

Battlefield 6 requires Secure Boot on PC as part of enhanced anticheat . The feature protects against kernel-level cheats and rootkits, memory manipulation, hardware spoofing, virtual machines, and anti-cheat tampering. Secure Boot leverages TPM and related security features. Applies to Windows 10 and Windows 11. Without it, players see a launch-time prompt explaining the requirement.

What Secure Boot blocks and how it pairs with Javelin:

Kernel-level cheats and rootkits : primary target

Memory manipulation : blocked via hardware-rooted trust

Hardware spoofing : detected

Virtual machines and anti-cheat tampering : mitigated

Required on : Windows 10 and Windows 11

Pairs with : TPM 2.0 and related security features

Javelin Anticheat : EA's customised system, designed by veteran engineers, works alongside Secure Boot

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