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bigfootgolfer
2 months agoSeasoned Newcomer
Hello you,
Can you please explain what is it? And why this happenning now?
I have intalled this game since a long time! I was there the first year of Apex.
Mirbo1978
2 months agoNew Novice
Root Cause
Windows root certificate store (trusted CA list) was outdated / corrupted.
Easy Anti-Cheat could not validate EA’s server certificate → handshake timed out.
Conclusion
This problem was not caused by the PC, antivirus or network.
The true cause was a broken Windows root certificate trust store.
Re-populating the trust root list fixed the Easy Anti-Cheat handshake instantly.