Ask HN: Does anyone what a "RiotCache.dat" file was doing in my EFI partition?

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Ask HN: Does anyone what a "RiotCache.dat" file was doing in my EFI partition?

10h

by kromerless

About a year ago, I was installing Arch Linux to try it out on my laptop but I was running into space issues on my EFI partition. When I went to take a look, I found a "RiotCache.dat" file.

I subsequently made this post [1], but I never got an answer as to what that file was doing there.

[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1il3hxp

xyru
010h
It’ll be the Riot Games Vanguard anti-cheat. It’s very invasive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_Vanguard
uberman
210h
Riot Games client data? Aka anticheat root kit? Did your old laptop have a riot game on it?
1. kromerless • OP
  110h
  Yep, it did. But I had uninstalled everything months prior to the Arch Linux install.
  1. eqvinox
    06h
    I thought they're mildly famous for not uninstalling cleanly /leaving stuff behind, but don't remember exact details.
effnorwood
07h
must be added by chrome