ARC Raiders error ARAV8007: disallowed file detected (fix)
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September 23, 2026
The game refuses to launch and shows a "System Integrity Violation" dialog with the code ARAV8007, usually right after installing a game update.
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ARAV8007 is one of Embark's "Installation Integrity Failure" codes, officially documented in its System Integrity Violation and Error Codes Help Center article: it fires when Easy Anti-Cheat detects a disallowed addition to your game files. Embark's own guidance names the general causes — programs that alter or interfere with the game's files, memory, or behavior — and a Steam Discussions thread with 36 replies from affected players narrows that down for this specific code: the recurring culprit reported after a January 2026 update was MSI Afterburner (an overclocking overlay tool), with a smaller number of players tracing it to leftover ReShade files or a duplicate Easy Anti-Cheat install instead.
What to try
- 01Close (or fully uninstall) MSI Afterburner and any other overclocking, macro, or overlay software before launching — this was the fix that resolved ARAV8007 for the largest cluster of affected players on Steam Discussions after the January 2026 update.Confirmed
- 02Follow Embark's own fix list for System Integrity Violations: enable Core Isolation, Memory Integrity, and Secure Boot in Windows Security > Device Security, and make sure Windows is fully updated.Confirmed
- 03If it persists, uninstall the game with Revo Uninstaller (or manually clear the install folder and registry entries) and reinstall fresh — several players on the same thread report this cleared the violation when closing overlay software alone didn't.Reported
- 04Check for a leftover ReShade DLL or a second/duplicate Easy Anti-Cheat installation and remove it — a smaller group of reporters traced their ARAV8007 to one of these instead of an overlay tool.Reported
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