Between April 2 and April 24, 2026, alone, the Apex Legends Anti-Cheat Team permanently banned 28,267 accounts for various cheating infractions.
Cheating is considered a violation of the EA User Agreement and the Positive Play Charter . Developers continue to work on lowering the "Match Infection Rate" (the percentage of matches with cheaters), which reached a record low of 4.1% in April 2026.
Despite claims from developers, Respawn Entertainment and EA have significantly ramped up their anti-cheat measures throughout 2025 and 2026: Between April 2 and April 24, 2026, alone,
Downloading "free" cheats often exposes your computer to more than just a game ban:
Many "undetectable" cheats rely on hardware like DMA cards, yet developers recently enabled new detections that caught nearly 1,000 DMA users in a single two-week period. Despite claims from developers, Respawn Entertainment and EA
If you're having trouble with the game running correctly, it's safer to use official troubleshooting steps like verifying game files on Steam rather than looking for third-party "fixes". Apex Legends™: Anti-Cheat Update
Websites offering these tools often use deceptive language like "verified" or "safe" to trick users into providing account credentials. Some "cheats" are actually vehicles for Remote Code
Some "cheats" are actually vehicles for Remote Code Execution (RCE) . This allows an attacker to remotely install viruses, steal personal passwords, or deploy ransomware on your PC.