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Advanced Features

Client virtual machine (VM) block

Bot farms often run inside VMs. M2Guard detects whether the Metin2 client is opening in a virtual environment on the client.

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When a VM is detected, the game client may not open or closes per your policy. No server-side VM script is required.

Hyper-V or WSL2 on Windows may rarely cause false positives. Use a physical PC or panel whitelist.

Common questions about this page and short answers.

Server owners can allow VM exceptions on a test client profile; live player clients stay in strict mode.