Cheating-Death

Legacy anti-cheat system created by United Admins Ltd. for games built on the original Half-Life engine, including Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat
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Cheating-Death is a legacy anti-cheat system created by United Admins Ltd. for games built on the original Half-Life engine, including Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, and Natural Selection. It used a client–server design: players ran a lightweight client alongside the game, while servers used a companion module to verify that connecting players were running a trusted environment. The software checked game file integrity, monitored memory for known cheat signatures, and enforced real-time rules to block common exploits such as aimbots, wallhacks, and speed hacks. Non-compliant or out-of-date clients were prevented from joining or were automatically removed.

Known for its frequent updates, modest performance impact, and community-driven development, Cheating-Death helped server operators and competitive communities maintain fair play before integrated anti-cheat systems became widespread. Although it has since been discontinued, it remains a notable early example of effective, community-led anti-cheat technology for online shooters.

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  • Designed for Half-Life–based games (e.g., Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, Natural Selection)
  • Client–server verification to ensure trusted gameplay environments
  • Integrity and memory checks to detect and block common cheats
  • Automatic enforcement actions for non-compliant clients
  • Widely used by community servers and competitive groups during its active years

Cheating-Death is developed by United Admins Ltd. and is used by 542 users of Software Informer. The names of program executable files are cdeath.exe, cd-client-4_32_0-en.exe, wscript.exe, UninstCD.exe and UNINSTALX.EXE. This particular product is not fit to be reviewed by our informers.

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