# When to use a spoofer?

## When to use the spoofer?

Think of a hardware spoofer like a VPN - it's like a "mask" for the PC. Instead of masking or hiding your IP address, it hides the MAC addresses, SMBIOS identifiers, serial numbers, and many other identifying components on the PC.

You can use a spoofer at any time. Even if you have never been banned on a game before. A spoofer acts as an extra layer of protection. Using a spoofer proactively, before you have been banned, is a great way to preserve the actual PC's hardware from anti-cheat flags before they happen.

### I have never received a ban on this PC?

You do not need to use the spoofer unless you wish to use it proactively, as described above.

### I have received a ban on this PC?

We recommend using the spoofer.


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