Question Easy Anti-Cheat does not unload driver

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Hi all. I apologize right away for my bad English, not my native language. During sessions in Apex Legends, the processor is loaded at 100%, in the task manager the game is 60%, the System process is 40%

When you exit the game, the EA app launcher displays a gray "play" button, which implies that the game is already running, but the game is closed. It is necessary to close all branches of EA processes forcibly through the task manager. After closing, in the manager, the System process is loaded for 30-40%

I decided to find out what was going on in this process, since such an incredible download. Thanks to the Windows Performance Toolkit, it turned out that the anti-cheat (EasyAntiCheat_EOS.sys) of the game is sitting in this process and does not allow it to work quietly. A screenshot is attached. WPTK
The anti-cheat was deleted and downloaded again, the game was checked for integrity, running from the administrator and without does not help, compatibility with any version of OC does not help.

I noticed another very interesting feature. If you specify the path Program Files (x86)\EasyAntiCheat_EAC in the nvidia control panel, it is defined as an anti-cheat for Elden Ring. And what's even funnier, if you specify the path where the game itself is located, namely "start_protected_game", then it is defined as an anti-cheat for Sniper Elite 5. I must say right away that I don't have these games and have never had them.
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If you dig into the anti-cheat files, you will see the following:
1. EasyAntiCheat_EOS.exe - Version 1.3.2
2. start_protected_game.exe - Version 1.6.5
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I still have the feeling that anti-cheat and all its roots that go along with the game all conflict and thus trigger similar problems as me and other players.
If anyone has encountered such a problem or knows how to solve it, please respond.
 
What exactly is it ("driver") that you want to unload?

An application, a process, a service?

Filename, folder, path....?

Noted that you have grayed most of what is being shown in the screenshots.

And thus losing other possible relevant information and clues.
 
Что именно («драйвер») вы хотите выгрузить?

Приложение, процесс, услуга?

Имя файла, папка, путь....?

Заметил, что вы закрасили большую часть того, что показано на снимках экрана, серым цветом.

И таким образом теряется другая возможная важная информация и подсказки.
Can't be unloaded EasyAntiCheat_EOS.sys from the System process when closing the game. It is located in the folder along with EasyAntiCheat_EOS.exe Along the way C:\Program Files (x86)\EasyAntiCheat_EAC
If you look at what is stored in EasyAntiCheat_EOS.sys there is a text document Version and it says that it is an Easy Anti-Cheat (EOS) driver.
Simply put, the anti-cheat driver loads the "System" process during and after the game.