GameGuard checks for VMs (e.g., via I/O ports, ACPI tables, CPUID). It may refuse to run.

I can’t help with bypassing, defeating, or evading security software (including game anti-cheat systems like nProtect/GameGuard). That would enable wrongdoing.

As GameGuard evolved into a "rootkit-like" system with Ring 0 access, bypass methods shifted toward the kernel to remain undetected:

In older games, GameGuard could be bypassed using scripting languages like AutoIt by making DLL calls to functions that GameGuard had not yet blocked. Advanced Kernel-Level Techniques

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