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3 Easy Steps to Detect and Block Game Guardian on Rooted Android using App Permissions. Grant Root to Appdome Security. No Code, No SDK, continuous security
GameGuardian is a powerful game cheating/ hacking/ alteration tool (also known as a cheat engine) for Android that is used to modify, hack and cheat in mobile games primarily by editing the memory of a live mobile game. GameGuardian comes in the form of an Android app that can be used to cheat and modify a large library of mobile games. Using GameGuardian, hackers can do things like alter in-game money/coins, change the app/game’s internal clock to gain a relative advantage against other players, modify or bypass in-app purchases, bypass licensing checks, and much more. GameGuardian works best on rooted devices but will partially function inside a virtual space (with apps like Parallel Spaces). GameGuardian can also run scripts written by other developers to cheat in many games. GameGuardian also comes with sophisticated root hiding and root cloaking features which are designed to evade detection.
Keep reading to learn how to use Appdome to protect any Android app against GameGuardian and game cheating tools.
Besides the ability to run scripts, GameGuardian comes with a set of built-in features like:
This is not an exhaustive list, as there are many more GameGuardian cheating features. And all these functions can be automated by game cheaters.
GameGuardian works best on rooted devices but will partially function inside a virtual space (with apps like Parallel Spaces). GameGuardian can also run scripts written by other developers to cheat in many games. GameGuardian also comes with sophisticated root hiding and root cloaking features which are designed to evade detection. Appdome has many ways to specifically detect GameGuardian, some can be done on non-rooted devices, and some require root permissions. GameGuardian has a sophisticated root hiding mechanism, and on rooted devices, GameGuardian operates with a higher level of privilege than most detection mechanisms and as a result, it can evade detection on rooted devices. Enabling Root Prevention and Anti-virtualization can also help protect against GameGuardian.
On rooted devices, Appdome can perform additional checks to detect and block GameGuardian, even when GameGuardian is using root privileges to hide itself. In those cases, Appdome will request root access for itself through an app permission request to the mobile user. This will prompt the user to approve the permission and grant root access to Appdome, which if granted enables Appdome to detect and block GameGuardian on a rooted device. If the user denies the permission request, a different Threat Event will be sent (UserDeniedRootRequest)
Please follow these 3 easy steps to add Block Game Guardian on Rooted Device to any Android app to prevent hackers and cheaters from cheating in mobile games.
Congratulations! The app can now defend itself against Game Guardian on Rooted Devices.
Appdome’s no-code mobile app security platform offers mobile developers, DevSec and security professionals a convenient and reliable way to prevent cheating in Android apps using Game Guardian on Rooted Devices. When an Appdome user clicks “Build My App,” Appdome leverages a microservice architecture filled with 1000s of security plugins, and an adaptive code generation engine that matches the correct required plugins to the development environment, frameworks, and methods in each app.
Here’s what you need to Block Game Guardian on Rooted Devices
After successfully securing your app using Appdome, there are several available options to complete your project, depending on your app lifecycle or workflow. These include:
Or, see this quick reference Releasing Secured Android & iOS Apps built on Appdome.
Check out the following related KB articles:
How to Block GameGuardian, Prevent Android Game Cheating
How to Block Speed Hacking, Prevent Mobile Game Cheating
Prevent Jailbreak Bypass and Jailbreak Hiding
Read this KB on Threat Events if you want to change the default enforcement behavior whenever Appdome detects the app has been compromised by Game Guardian.
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