AimBots, Hacks and Hackers in Call of Duty 4 COD4
Cheaters of all sorts are an unfortunate aspect of any online multiplayer game. There are hundreds of hacks out there, most of which are infected with viruses to steal your CD keys or viruses. It doesn’t matter if you are playing on a PC, Xbox, or PS3 or any other type of systems, cheating happens. In an effort to educate gamers and discourage and prevent the use of aim bots lets take a look at some of the most common methods used to cheat in multiplayer games.
AimBots - An automated program like the own in the video above that aims puts your sights quickly and perfectly on the target players head. Most aimbots while efficient at getting kills, are extremely easy to identify because the rate of kills and number of headshots are so unnatural. There are aimbots which try to be more natural looking, but to an observant player they are easy to foil.
WallHacks - A program that shows enemy players silhouettes in bright colors through walls and all types of materials. Wallhacks are often coupled with aimbots to get even more kills. It is more dangerous and difficult to stop when wallhacks are used alone. As long as the player doesn’t make it incredibly obvious that they have an wall hack by getting a huge amount of kills with bullet penetration, they can claim they just got lucky or they saw knew the enemy thanks to a UAV. People that use hacks are usually not this subtle about getting kills, because their end goal is to be the center of attention. If you suspect someone is wall hacking though try equipping UAV Jammer and a silenced weapon, if they continue to get unbelievable kills through walls chances are they are wall hacking. Take a look at the video below for an example.
Speed Hacks - Also related to lag hacks, essentially a hack that allows the player to move more quickly than anyone else. Speed hacks can be done by messing with the data packets as they travel to the server or by simply hacking the game to make you move faster. This can make players move at light speed or appear to disappear and reappear across the map. Lag hacks can be difficult to stop because the player can just claim that the server or his internet connection is causing the issue. Even then though lagging player can just be kicked.
Glitching - The only hack that doesn’t require some sort of external program or support. Glitching is simply taking advantage of problems with the games coding, whether it is jumping outside of the normal map area or being able to see through walls on some buildings. Glitching is banned on most, but not all servers and is easy to prevent and identify if the server has spectator mode or kill cams enabled.
Stopping hacking and aimbots is important for the health of COD4 and any other video game out there. So what can be done to stop hacking? Monitoring systems like Punkbuster are easy to get around and often cause more problems for legitimate players. Unless they improve by leaps and bounds hackers will be able to stay ahead of them. The best solution is vigilant players and server admins. In particular the voting system in Call of Duty 4 which allows a majority of players to kick a hacking player is a good start. At this point though the voting system is hackable to rig the voting which means it to is far from perfect. There is no perfect solution, the best thing you can do is minimize your risk by playing with players you trust and an active administrator.
If your interested in seeing what glitches are out there… visit mapMonkeys.com and codjumper.com. Both these sites have videos explaining how to perform all the known glitches. This is the best place to see if what the cheater is doing is actually cheating.
Source, just wanted to let you know that as of August 18, there is a problem with your archives. I’ve went to all of them, April - Present, and the each just lead back to the homepage. Had to use the search function to find an old, archived post yesterday
MODDED controlers!!!!!!!!!!!! whats up with that?
also thats a dang good aim bot… as usual…
the guy in the second video is terrible i could do better with a scorp and no aimbot
Source, Have you seen the ‘name changer’ ??? It’s a hack, so that the hacker’s name changes to another person’s name (who is in the same server) every time…..so people could not nominate the hacker to be kick…..there isn’t any ‘cure’ for those kind of hacks…..Maybe you could help me ?? The only way to kick this person, is probably with admin but in the server i played, the admin isn’t always there.
BTW, Great post…..now i know better about hacks…Cheers mate.
Anonymous, I own CoDJumper.com, and we like to think of ourselves as finding new and exciting jumps. Sure, some of the jumps (particularly out of the map jumps) are glitches, but most of the jumps are what we consider to be legitimate jumps which shouldn’t be categorised as ‘glitching’.
For instance, getting on top of a roof that most people can’t get on. Just because most people can’t get on it doesn’t mean it should be called a glitch. If they took the time, they could work out how to get on the roof. It’s effectively the same as real life - if you were at war and you saw a good position you could go to, it’s not as though you wouldn’t be allowed just because most other people wouldn’t have the intelligence to go there too.
I am, of course, fully against hacking/cheating. I just feel that ‘glitch’ is a word used way too often. Looking through walls and getting out maps = glitches. Getting on top of hard to reach places = not glitches. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!
dang you own it?……… i play on 360 and i have never encountered and hackers well only one but he sucked anyway… and i only do the common glitches… getting on top of wet work and outside of district but thats about it.
Pedsdude, that is a great response and exactly what I was talking about. Your site CoDJumper and the other site mapMonkeys are the best places to see if what the ‘cheater’ is doing is actually cheating. We must watch your videos in order to know if they make the jump legitimately or by using a glitch. There are multiple ways to jump such as the ‘freeze jump’ on xbox360 or a CoD2 grenade jump or CoD4 rocket jump or ‘freeze jump’. I’m not sure as to which are aloud in competitive play and which are not (for example: jumping on a teammates head).
BTW - Love your site and keep up the good work.
Anonymous, I am the Co-Founder and Co-Owner of mapMonkeys.com. I do not consider any jump that is done with or without a rocket a ‘glitch’. Many of the ‘jumps’ on our site are very much considered fair play. The jumps that fall into the ‘glitch’ category in my opinion are ones that allow you to shoot through or from behind cover (i.e. under ground), yet the opponent’s bullets are unable to be fired back.
We have however discovered some glitches/bugs that don’t involve jumping at all. We do not advocate the use of these to assist in winning a match. We show them simply for entertainment and educational purposes.
I love playing CoD4 on XBox360 because we don’t have the issue of AIM BOTS or WALL HACKS. I would be very disappointed to find out (after I was dead) that I was shot with the assistance of an external program.
Does anyone tried these on PS3?
I’ve already known some of them but most the new ones I can’t make.
Eg. on mapmonkeys / Backlot map / “W Pegs to a balcony” I can’t…
11 - I mean does anyone succeeded with these JUMPS on PS3
It is important to note the difference between strategic jumping, a legitimate tactic, and glitching which is a form of cheating. Strategic jumping is simply getting to locations that perhaps your average player could not get to, but it is not taking advantage of any bugs in the code. Taking advantage of glitches, like being able to see through the trains on Pipeline is an illegitimate tactic because it takes advantage of bugs in the code and is not remotely realistic. I fully support jumping sites like the ones mentioned above because they are strategy sites just like this one with the goal of improving players and therefore the game.
Playing on consoles like the Xbox 360 and PS3 makes you far from immune to hackers and aimbotters. A knowledgeable player can still hack the game just as easily as the PC version. The difference is the hacks are more difficult to distribute to a wider audience because consoles are restricted platforms, unlike the open platform of a computer.
I am still working on getting the archived section fixed, apologies on that. The posts haven’t been deleted or anything, you can access them by the search feature or by clicking the “previous posts” link on the bottom of the page.
I was in a game today with someone and i think he used what you called (Speed Hacks) When he would see me my connection would go, and it would flash Connection Interrupted just like it would if your just about to be thrown out of a normal game. He would line my head up shoot, (Get a headshot) then run off until he See’s me the next time. So is this Speed Hacking, and there really is no way to prove that this person is doing it?!? This was terrible, i couldnt believe it when i was in the game, i put my headset on after i messed with him saying i would report him and he got all touchy and started saying you havent reported me have you? bla bla and he knew what he was doing. It was as if he was able to stop my connection for as long as he wanted whilst he got what he wanted
Please Email me or mail me in-game on ps3 about this matter as i want to find out if this was possible and if there is a way i can stop them bla bla
Thanks iGary
Hey hey, I noticed some MLG clan boys using the speed hack, not sure if it was this exact hack but it kinda fits the discription. Took me and another buddy out in literally 1 second over and over again without us even firing a single shot. When I saw the kill cam it showed him taking at least 10 seconds unloading on 2 of us without us even firing (thats a pretty long time too lol). I figured this was a lag issue so we tried a different room and happen to come accross him again and the same problem occurred. I was wondering if the MLG clan are the same people hosting the MLG tournaments or if they’re just some kids with the tag. More importantly just giving the heads up about watching out for the MLG clan tag on COD4 for the ps3.
Just played on PS3 Cage Match, every time the enemy was In front of me and I shoot FIRTST the “CONNECTION INTERRUPTED” notice came uo and I was dead. He seemed to be using a lag/latency glitch.
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW HE DID IT?.
I stood behind him, when I fired my first bullet the message came up instanly, and then I died.
MY theory: He must have some kinda upload hug programm which he can turn on very quick, to manipulate the connection towards me.
The connection seemed fine, it ONLY happened when he saw me, or heard me!!.
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ALL CHEATERS CAN GO STRAIGHT TO HELL!!!! ALL THE FUN IS TAKEN OUT BECAUSE OF THOSE FAGGOTS!!!
I came up against an extra armor hack. I unloaded 15-20 rounds with an RPD before he would die at very close range. There were several in the clan and every time I came up against one of them it would take several direct hit before they would die. The others in the game died normally. After the game I mentioned that it seem like someone had exter armor and the -poof- the clan in question vanished. I think they were (disc) or disco clan - I’m not 100% sure…
I build rapid-fire controllers (those with a mod chip, customized rapid-fire button, and potentiometer) for the purpose of entertainement, not to use constantly in every game and get the “cheating” attention that most cheaters want. However, showing off an automatic G3, 50.Cal sniper rifle, desert eagle, etc., should be done without actually killing any or all of the opposing players. I usually do this with firends that know how to tell others when one is really cheating or just showing off a neat glitch/mod.
so how do you get cod4 aim bot?????????
Hacks ruin games their fine if your playing with friends and stuff but can be very damaging if the hacks or aimbots actually gained popularity within the online gaming comunity it would ruin the game entirely.
FUCKING CHEATS
@ demonboy, this is not pr0-cheating website. we are not goign to tell you how to get your retarded hands on a bot. fuck off.
Hacks are gay anyone who uses hacks are gay hackers beware oneday wen you grow older and realise that all the time youve spent looking for good hacks you could have gotten really experienced at the game then you will be calling yourself a fuckwit and youll propably hang yourself thats how fucked up hackers are.
Well guys, its good to know there are many of us that are against hackers but unfortunitly, we are out numbered. It amazes me how many sites are out there offering Hax. Writing to Activision does no good. They dont care. They still get their long lines when a game first comes out. They make their millions. I mean after all, its just a game right?
What pisses me off the most are the hackers that deny being a hacker and say “spec me dude” . The worst hackers are the ones that are the server owners/clans. Those that say a simple mod is not a hack is a load of crap. If you alter the game for YOUR advantage to have an advantage over those that play the game the way it as written, well your a big NO TALANT LOSER AND YES, YOUR A HACKER!
I play the game well and I hate being called a noob by the hacker who has stats that make it soooo obvious that hes using some sort of hack. Again there are just so many of them out there and there are many hacks that multiple options for different hacks to be turned on or off.
The advantage the hackers have which is so annoying is that they can sit behind their hack knowing we really cant detect them. We can suspect them and in some cases see that its obious but in the long run they still WIN and we will always lose. My COD4 name is kissmyazzhackers
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