Anyone know what "Punk Buster" is?
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Anyone know what "Punk Buster" is?
I recently updated my Call of Duty for online play and alot of the games I wanted to enter had some wierd symbol (looks like a guy crossed out) and a hammer. When one or the other was marked with an X and I tried to enter it would tell me to install that Punk Buster.
What is it?
What is it?
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Punk Buster is a program used to help take care of online cheaters. It usually works by checking your hd for files that may be used for cheating. Not 100% cheater free, but for the most part servers using it cut down on the cheaters much more than a server that doesn't use it. Download it, it will benefit you.
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Sounds like a good idea.
So this thing isnt some kind of spyware or anything right? No ones had any problems with it or because of it?
So this thing isnt some kind of spyware or anything right? No ones had any problems with it or because of it?
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I think Punk Buster has been around awhile. I remember using it in my online Counter Strike days. Back then it didn't do a great job keeping games cheat free. Im curious if it works well for other online games now?
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Yeah - punk buster has been around for quite awhile... and it has never been 100% effective. Early versions were buggy, but new versions are integrated into the games and work fine.