FC 26 PC - Interception error but Interception not installed
I purchased EA SPORTS FC 26 on Steam and have never been able to launch the game.
The game reaches the "Starting EA Javelin AntiCheat" screen and then displays:
"This software cannot be used at the same time as the game: Interception"
I have spent an entire day troubleshooting and have confirmed that Interception is not installed on my system.
Troubleshooting completed:
- Reinstalled EA Javelin AntiCheat.
- Rebooted multiple times.
- Verified game files through Steam.
- Ran SFC /SCANNOW (found and repaired corrupted files).
- Ran DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth successfully.
- Confirmed sc query interception returns "The specified service does not exist as an installed service."
- Confirmed driverquery | findstr /i interception returns no results.
- Confirmed there is no interception.sys file.
- Confirmed there are no Interception-related registry entries.
- Uninstalled Logitech G HUB and confirmed Logitech virtual keyboard and virtual mouse devices were removed.
- Temporarily disabled Riot Vanguard and tested again.
- Uninstalled Cheat Engine.
- Removed RGB Fusion.
- Checked for RawAccel, ReWASD and other known conflicting drivers.
- Performed a clean boot test.
- Windows 10 Pro 22H2 (Build 19045.7417).
Despite all of the above, EA Javelin AntiCheat continues to report that "Interception" is running.
EA Support has already collected my DxDiag and escalated the issue.
Has anyone else encountered this issue, and can an EA Community Manager advise how to identify the exact driver or device that Javelin AntiCheat is detecting as "Interception"?
