{"id":2097386,"date":"2026-08-17T12:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2097386"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:12:23","slug":"call-of-duty-now-has-a-guide-on-how-to-enable-its-convoluted-security-features-so-you-can-play-the-modern-warfare-4-beta-on-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2097386","title":{"rendered":"Call of Duty now has a guide on how to enable its convoluted security features so you can play the Modern Warfare 4 beta on PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Call of Duty now has a guide on how to enable its convoluted security features so you can play the Modern Warfare 4 beta on PC<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Ricocheting Private Ryan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/mw4-price-anti-cheat-header.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"mw4-price-anti-cheat-header.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Activision, Eurogamer.<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Senior Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-17T12:12:23+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 17, 2026, 12:12 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"c99daa07-d790-41ab-a9c0-750d6800dab8\" data-name=\"Call of Duty: Black Ops 7\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Call of Duty: Black Ops 7\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Call of Duty: Black Ops 7\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Call of Duty: Black Ops 7\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Call of Duty: Black Ops 7\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Call of Duty: Black Ops 7\" title=\"Follow Call of Duty: Black Ops 7\"><br \/>\n  Follow Call of Duty: Black Ops 7<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>As we approach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-beta-maps-modes-campaign\">the first weekend of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta<\/a>, Activision&#8217;s Ricochet anti-cheat team has published <a href=\"https:\/\/support.activision.com\/articles\/trusted-platform-module-and-secure-boot\">a detailed guide<\/a> to help PC players turn on certain security features that are necessary to play online.<\/p>\n<p>If you played any multiplayer game on PC in the last five years &#8211; shooters especially &#8211; you&#8217;ll no doubt be familiar with the TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot requirements on Windows. Those have existed in Call of Duty for a couple of years now, but it appears the restrictions are being tightened for Modern Warfare 4 compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/call-of-duty-black-ops-7\">Black Ops 7<\/a> and the current version of Warzone.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, players who did not meet the requirements were previously &#8220;restricted from accessing certain game modes (including Ranked Play) and playlists&#8221;. Activision also warned that those players &#8220;may be placed in separate matchmaking pools with other players who do not meet these requirements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With the Modern Warfare 4 beta, the requirements have become more strict, now reading: &#8220;players who do not meet requirements will be restricted from playing any online game mode&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot PC Tutorial | Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GLhNXlrUrvQ?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/GLhNXlrUrvQ\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot PC Tutorial | Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GLhNXlrUrvQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The guide itself is incredibly helpful and welcome, given how necessary those features are to play Modern Warfare 4. But the developer went a step further, releasing an entire video that goes through the process &#8211; complete with UEFI\/BIOS walkthroughs for AMD and Intel systems.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The tutorial is incredibly helpful, particularly when it gets into what the different platforms call TPM. Even more useful is the <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/atvi-support-psapi-prod\/CODSecureAttestationWizard_1.1.3.zip\">Call of Duty Secure Attestation Wizard<\/a>, an app you can download on PC to test whether it meets those security requirements. The app was updated earlier this month in time for Modern Warfare 4.<\/p>\n<p>Secure Boot is a low-level system feature that allows anti-cheat software deeper access to your Windows install. By loading during the PC&#8217;s startup phase, anti-cheat is able to prevent cheats from running on startup. TPM 2.0 builds on Secure Boot to provide an extra, hardware-based layer of protection by detecting when the PC&#8217;s boot process has been tampered with.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, the two have become increasingly required in a number of competitive games on PC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bios-shock-getting-past-battlefield-6s-anti-cheat-error-was-the-faffiest-thing-a-pc-game-has-ever-required-of-me\">including Battlefield 6<\/a>, Valorant and several other major titles. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/battlefield-2025\">Battlefield 6<\/a>&#8216;s case the Secure Boot requirement is already enforced, and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BattlefieldComm\/status\/2075204607945453638\">Battlefield Studios is looking to do the same for TPM 2.0 soon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the launch of Battlefield 6, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/it-really-sucks-battlefield-6-technical-director-bummed-out-about-those-unable-to-play-due-to-secure-boot-requirement-believes-anti-cheat-cat-and-mouse-game-will-never-end\">Eurogamer spoke to technical director Christian Buhl about why these low-level systems are necessary in the never-ending battle against cheaters<\/a>. Though Buhl was happy with how successful the tech was at preventing cheats, he wasn&#8217;t thrilled with how many the requirements prevent from playing the game.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>As we approach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-beta-maps-modes-campaign\">the first weekend of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta<\/a>, Activision&#8217;s Ricochet anti-cheat team has published <a href=\"https:\/\/support.activision.com\/articles\/trusted-platform-module-and-secure-boot\">a detailed guide<\/a> to help PC players turn on certain security features that are necessary to play online.<\/p>\n<p>If you played any multiplayer game on PC in the last five years &#8211; shooters especially &#8211; you&#8217;ll no doubt be familiar with the TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot requirements on Windows. Those have existed in Call of Duty for a couple of years now, but it appears the restrictions are being tightened for Modern Warfare 4 compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/call-of-duty-black-ops-7\">Black Ops 7<\/a> and the current version of Warzone.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, players who did not meet the requirements were previously &#8220;restricted from accessing certain game modes (including Ranked Play) and playlists&#8221;. Activision also warned that those players &#8220;may be placed in separate matchmaking pools with other players who do not meet these requirements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With the Modern Warfare 4 beta, the requirements have become more strict, now reading: &#8220;players who do not meet requirements will be restricted from playing any online game mode&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot PC Tutorial | Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GLhNXlrUrvQ?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/GLhNXlrUrvQ\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot PC Tutorial | Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GLhNXlrUrvQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The guide itself is incredibly helpful and welcome, given how necessary those features are to play Modern Warfare 4. But the developer went a step further, releasing an entire video that goes through the process &#8211; complete with UEFI\/BIOS walkthroughs for AMD and Intel systems.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The tutorial is incredibly helpful, particularly when it gets into what the different platforms call TPM. Even more useful is the <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/atvi-support-psapi-prod\/CODSecureAttestationWizard_1.1.3.zip\">Call of Duty Secure Attestation Wizard<\/a>, an app you can download on PC to test whether it meets those security requirements. The app was updated earlier this month in time for Modern Warfare 4.<\/p>\n<p>Secure Boot is a low-level system feature that allows anti-cheat software deeper access to your Windows install. By loading during the PC&#8217;s startup phase, anti-cheat is able to prevent cheats from running on startup. TPM 2.0 builds on Secure Boot to provide an extra, hardware-based layer of protection by detecting when the PC&#8217;s boot process has been tampered with.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, the two have become increasingly required in a number of competitive games on PC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bios-shock-getting-past-battlefield-6s-anti-cheat-error-was-the-faffiest-thing-a-pc-game-has-ever-required-of-me\">including Battlefield 6<\/a>, Valorant and several other major titles. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/battlefield-2025\">Battlefield 6<\/a>&#8216;s case the Secure Boot requirement is already enforced, and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BattlefieldComm\/status\/2075204607945453638\">Battlefield Studios is looking to do the same for TPM 2.0 soon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the launch of Battlefield 6, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/it-really-sucks-battlefield-6-technical-director-bummed-out-about-those-unable-to-play-due-to-secure-boot-requirement-believes-anti-cheat-cat-and-mouse-game-will-never-end\">Eurogamer spoke to technical director Christian Buhl about why these low-level systems are necessary in the never-ending battle against cheaters<\/a>. Though Buhl was happy with how successful the tech was at preventing cheats, he wasn&#8217;t thrilled with how many the requirements prevent from playing the game.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Call of Duty now has a guide on how to enable its convoluted security features so you can play the Modern Warfare 4 beta on PC Ricocheting Private Ryan. Image credit: Activision, Eurogamer. 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