How to Block GameGuardian on Rooted Android Device

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

What is GameGuardian?

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:

• Game acceleration/ deceleration (speed hacking)
• Search and modify memory content (unknown value scanning)
• Resource/Stat manipulation (Altering in-game money/coins/gold)
• Disabling mobile ads
• Skipping Levels
• Bypass In-app purchases
• Dumping of the game memory
• Disable random functions and replace their output

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.

How to Block Game Guardian on Rooted Android Devices

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)

3 Easy Steps to Protect Android Apps Against Game Guardian on Rooted Android Devices

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. 

1. Upload an Android app (.apk)
2. In the Build Tab, under Anti-Fraud, click Mobile Malware Prevention, toggle on Block Game Guardian and Block Game Guardian on Rooted Device (shown below)
3. Click Build My App