A spoofer is not a cheat
A cheat changes what you see and do inside a game. A spoofer never touches the game: it works with the hardware identifiers an anti-cheat reads, and it exists for one situation — when the ban landed on the computer rather than on the account.
That shapes how it is used:
- an account ban is not lifted by a spoofer, so a new account is needed anyway;
- with no hardware ban in place, a spoofer solves nothing;
- it does not make software invisible, since a cheat detection and a hardware ban are separate events;
- every anti-cheat reads its own set of identifiers, and compatibility is checked against that.
Temporary and permanent are different things
A temporary one lasts until reboot: values are substituted for the session and return when the machine powers down. A permanent one writes the change so that it survives a restart.
The practical difference is not convenience. The temporary kind leaves nothing behind after a reboot, but it has to be launched every time, and a forgotten launch costs more than the purchase did.
Compatibility outweighs everything else
Spoofers are written for specific anti-cheats, and "works with BattlEye" does not mean "works with Vanguard". The systems read different data: one looks at drives and the motherboard, another adds network adapters and the trusted module.
So the first question when choosing is not the price but the list of supported games and anti-cheats. The second is what happens after a system update, because part of those checks changes along with Windows.
Questions that come up most
Will a spoofer lift an account ban? No. It works with hardware, and the account stays blocked.
Do I need one if I have never been banned? Usually not. Before a hardware ban it has no job to do.
How does temporary differ from permanent? By how long the change lives: the first until a reboot, the second past it.
Why does one spoofer not fit every game? Because anti-cheats read different data. Compatibility is always given as a list.