A HWID spoofer for Arena Breakout: Infinite: it swaps hardware serials until the PC reboots. It doesn't lift an account ban — play on a new account.
Requirements
Tick what matches your PC:
- Windows 10 or 11 (x64), build 1903 to 26H2
- A USB flash drive: the launcher runs from it, a virtual one works too
- Virtualization (VT-x / SVM) enabled in BIOS, Hyper-V disabled
- A fresh game account: the spoofer can't help an account that is already banned
System requirements
- Operating system Windows 10 or 11 Builds 1903 – 26H2
- Processor Intel or AMD
- Graphics card NVIDIA or AMD
- Game mode Any
- Launchers Any
- Built-in spoofer Yes
- USB flash drive The spoofer runs from it
- Windows reinstall May be needed: if bans keep coming
Preparation
Remove third-party antivirus and anti-cheats Kaspersky, Avast, ESET and the like, plus FaceIT and Riot Vanguard, conflict with the loader. They must be uninstalled, not just paused.
- Open Settings → Apps → Installed apps (or Control Panel → Programs and Features).
- Uninstall any third-party antivirus (Kaspersky, Avast, AVG, ESET, 360, Malwarebytes, etc.). Pausing or disabling is not enough — the antivirus driver stays resident.
- Uninstall the FaceIT AC and Riot Vanguard anti-cheats if present — they block third-party software at the kernel level.
- FaceIT is the CS2 anti-cheat, Vanguard is the Valorant one. If you don't play those games, they are safe to remove.
Fully disable Windows Defender The #1 cause of “it won't launch”. Disable it for real: manually first, then remove it from startup, reboot, and finish it off with Defender Control.
- Step 1. Turn protection off by hand. Open Windows Security → Virus & threat protection → Manage settings and switch every toggle off:
- Real-time protection — Off.
- Cloud-delivered protection — Off.
- Automatic sample submission — Off.
- Tamper Protection — Off. Turn this one off first, otherwise the others switch themselves back on.
- Step 2. Disable reputation-based protection. In Windows Security → App & browser control → Reputation-based protection → Settings, turn everything off (SmartScreen, potentially-unwanted-app blocking).
- Step 3. Remove Defender from startup. Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) → Startup apps tab, find Windows Security notification icon and click Disable.
- Step 4. Restart your computer. This is mandatory — some Defender services only unload after a reboot.
- Step 5. Finish with Defender Control. Download Defender Control (archive password: r1xon), run it as administrator and click Disable Windows Defender — the tile turns red.
- If your antivirus deletes the utility itself, protection is still active — go back to step 1. The file ships zipped on purpose so Defender can't wipe it before it's disabled.
Enable virtualization (VT-x / SVM) The loader needs hardware CPU virtualization. Enabled in BIOS.
- Enter BIOS/UEFI and open Advanced → CPU Configuration (naming varies by board).
- Enable Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) on Intel, or SVM Mode on AMD. Save and reboot.
Disable Hyper-V and Windows virtualization Windows' own virtualization features grab the hypervisor and get in the loader's way. Disabled separately from VT-x.
- Open Control Panel → Programs → Turn Windows features on or off and uncheck Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Hypervisor Platform.
- Open Command Prompt as administrator, run the command, then reboot:
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off - Also turn off Memory Integrity and Application Guard if enabled (see “Disable Core Isolation”).
- Check your Windows build: press
Win + R, typewinverand press Enter. Supported builds: 1903 (18362), 1909 (18363), 2004 (19041), 20H2 (19042), 21H1 (19043), 21H2 (19044), 22H2 (19045), 21H2 (22000), 22H2 (22621), 23H2 (22631), 24H2 (26100), 25H2 (26200) and 26H2. - The developer's [CA] FixMainError utility checks whether everything is off: run it as administrator, it shows what is still in the way and switches off what it can. Download it from the Failed to launch #2 topic.
- Restart your PC after all of the steps above.
Launch
- Fully close the game and its launcher.
- If you ran another cheat or spoofer before, restart your PC.
- Download the Launcher and put it on the flash drive. Delete any old copies of the launcher from the PC.
- Run the Launcher from the flash drive and register. The launcher has its own accounts, Crooked forum credentials don't work there.
- The password must be at least 6 characters. Email addresses on Cyrillic domains are not accepted.
- Log in for the first time with no spoofer running, including other developers' ones. Otherwise the account binds to spoofed serials and after a restart the launcher says Hardware component has changed.
- Activate your key: click your nickname in the lower-left corner, paste the key and click Activate. The key's time starts counting from activation.
- Select HWID Spoofer Arena Breakout: Infinite and click Launch.
- Wait for the Launched button and the Successfully launched message: the spoofer is running. If the launcher shows an error instead, the spoofer did not load. Close the launcher and look the error up in the problems below.
- Close the Launcher and unplug the flash drive.
- Launch the game:
- The spoofer lasts until the PC restarts: run it once per Windows session and again after every restart.
If new accounts keep getting hardware-banned, the spoofer alone isn't enough: rename the PC, create a new Windows user and reset the network. Step by step in the problem “The spoofer is running, but the new account still gets banned”.
Problems & fixes
18The spoofer is running, but the new account still gets banned
If all of that holds, the anti-cheat recognises the PC not only by hardware serials but by traces in Windows too: the computer name, the user profile, network settings. For this case the developer requires preparing the system again, strictly in this order:
- Rename the PC: Settings → System → About → Rename this PC. Restart the PC.
- Create a new Windows user and sign in with it: Settings → Accounts → Other users → Add account → “I don't have this person's sign-in information” → “Add a user without a Microsoft account”. Then use “Change account type” to make it an administrator.
- Reset the network while signed in as the new user: Win + I → Network & internet → Advanced network settings → Network reset (on Windows 10: Network & Internet → Status → Network reset). You may need to reinstall your VPN client afterwards.
- Restart the PC, register a new game account and run the spoofer as described above.
If bans still continue after that, in rare cases only a full Windows reinstall helps: a clean one that formats the system drive, not “Reset this PC”.
Hardware component has changed
- If the spoofer is already running: restart the PC so it switches off, log in to the launcher and only then start the spoofer.
- If you changed, added or rearranged components, the binding needs a reset. Send support your launcher account email, the key and what exactly changed in the PC. The developer resets a binding no more than once every two weeks, the key's time spent waiting is not refunded, and an extra reset or a reset after changing PCs is paid on their side.
Failed to launch #1 or #2
- Uninstall any third-party antivirus instead of just pausing it. Restart the PC and check that none of its services or drivers remain.
- Turn off SmartScreen and Windows Defender.
- Uninstall FACEIT Anti-Cheat and Riot Vanguard together with their leftovers: how to remove.
- Close Discord and YouTube unblocking tools, streaming and screen recording software and any other background apps you don't need.
- Run the [CA] FixMainError utility as administrator (download): it shows what is still in the way.
- Once all of the above is done, turn on a VPN. If it doesn't help, try another one.
- If the error remains: make sure virtualization is on while Hyper-V and Secure Boot are off, and turn off User Account Control (UAC).
The launcher doesn't start or creates an error log
Restart your system and try again Hyper-V
- Run the [CA] FixMainError utility from the developer's topic as administrator: it switches off what's needed by itself. If that doesn't help, the same topic has the [CA] CheckParam checker.
- Manually:
Win + R→optionalfeaturesand untick Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Platform, Windows Hypervisor Platform, Windows Subsystem for Linux, Windows Sandbox and Microsoft Defender Application Guard. Turn off Core isolation (Windows Security → Device security). - In PowerShell as administrator, run one by one:
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype offreg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard" /v EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /freg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard\Scenarios\SystemGuard" /v Enabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /freg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard\Scenarios\HypervisorEnforcedCodeIntegrity" /v Enabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /fdism.exe /online /disable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linuxdism.exe /online /disable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatformdism.exe /online /disable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Hyper-V-AllRestart the PC.
- On Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 this must be followed by a Microsoft tool: download the Device Guard and Credential Guard hardware readiness tool and unzip it. In PowerShell as administrator go to its folder (cd path_to_folder), run
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope Process, then .\DG_Readiness_Tool_v3.6.ps1 -Disable (use your version number if it differs). Restart; if Windows asks for confirmation during boot (for example F3), confirm. - After the restart run
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype offonce more and restart. If the error is still there, runDisable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-Hypervisorand restart again.
Black screen in game
Your IP address has been blocked
Failed to launch #4
- Turn off Windows test mode if it's on: Command Prompt as administrator →
bcdedit /set testsigning off, then restart. - Enable the Secondary Logon service:
Win + R→services.msc→ right-click the service → Properties → Startup type Automatic → OK. - Uninstall the antivirus, turn off SmartScreen and Defender, remove FACEIT and Vanguard with their leftovers.
- Close MSI Afterburner and Discord and YouTube unblocking tools.
- Turn on a VPN, and if your ISP blocks access, change DNS.
Please, enable Vt-x in BIOS
Please, disable Secure boot in BIOS
Please, change boot mode to UEFI in BIOS
- In Command Prompt as administrator run mbr2gpt.exe /convert /allowfullOS: the system drive switches to GPT partitioning.
- Turn the PC off, enter BIOS (usually
Del, sometimesF2) and under Boot set Storage Boot Option and Other PCI devices to UEFI. Save and boot.
Unsupported OS version
Win + R → winver. If an update to a supported version is available, install it; if not, reinstall Windows on a supported build.HWID banned (launcher error)
- Enable the Windows Management Instrumentation service: Win + R →
services.msc→ right-click the service → Properties → Startup type Automatic → OK, then right-click → Start. Restart the PC. - If that doesn't help, open Command Prompt, run wmic baseboard and send a screenshot to support.
Key not found or has already been activated
Activation of this key is currently not available
… has been forcefully terminated
Error vcruntime140.dll
ContentAccessDenied or OperationCanceledError
Nothing matches. Run R1XON Checker or write to support — we will sort it out.
Advanced setup — only if it still won’t launch
Disable Secure Boot Secure Boot stops the loader from starting. Check the status first, then disable it in BIOS if needed.
- Check the status: press
Win + R, typemsinfo32, and in System Summary find Secure Boot State. If it reads Off or Unsupported — you're set, skip the rest. - If it's On — enter BIOS/UEFI (tap
Del,F2orF10while the PC boots — depends on the motherboard). - Find Boot or Security → Secure Boot and set it to Disabled. Save (usually
F10) and reboot.- If Secure Boot is greyed out, set a Supervisor Password under Security first — that unlocks the option. You can remove the password afterwards.
Disable Core Isolation Memory Integrity blocks the driver from loading. Takes a minute to switch off.
- Open Windows Security → Device security → Core isolation details.
- Turn off Memory Integrity and restart the PC.
Disk in GPT layout If the loader says “Unsupported firmware”, the system disk is MBR and needs converting to GPT.
- Check the layout: Win+R → diskmgmt.msc, right-click the system disk → Properties → Volumes → Partition style. It should read GUID (GPT).
- If it's MBR, convert without data loss: admin Command Prompt, run mbr2gpt /convert /allowfullOS. After converting, switch the BIOS boot mode to UEFI.
Use a VPN for download and activation CIS ISPs often block the activation servers. A VPN is needed while downloading the loader, activating the key and injecting — you can turn it off before joining a match.
- Use a full VPN — an app that routes all traffic, not a browser proxy or extension: half the support tickets come from exactly this. In Happ and similar clients turn on TUN mode.
- Turn the VPN on before downloading the loader and activating the key. If something won't load, switch country (Europe or the US usually work).
- After a successful inject you can turn the VPN off before the match to avoid extra ping.
Update Visual C++ and DirectX Up-to-date runtimes keep the loader and overlay from crashing at start.
- Install Visual C++ Redistributable x64 and restart the PC.
- Update DirectX if you haven't in a while.
FAQ
5Where do I get the key after payment?
Will the spoofer lift the ban from my account?
Do I need to run the spoofer every time?
In what order do I start the spoofer and a cheat?
Can I use the key on two PCs?
Still stuck?
Run R1XON Checker first — it pinpoints most launch problems in 30 seconds. If it still fails, attach the checker report to your support ticket and we’ll sort it out fast.