For the uninitiated, your Operating System has two distinct modes, user mode, and kernel mode - divided based on privileges and permissions. Whatever is happening right now on your screen ...

Kernel mode anticheat software is something of a divisive topic. Many players believe it negatively impacts their games' ...

One is that there was no indication that Microsoft is thinking of making this user-mode option into the only option, in effect barring security vendors from the kernel. At least not anytime soon.

CrowdStrike’s access to the kernel—which is the core control center ... As a result, security products will be able to “run in user mode just as apps do,” Weston said.

Following multiple user reports and complaints ... In order to use the Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection feature, Intel's Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) or AMD Shadow ...