For AVG antivirus, navigate to Home > Settings > Components > Web Shield > Exceptions to add them to the exceptions list. Tip: For Avast, you can read this post to add the game and service to its exclusion. Step 3. Select the checkbox of PunkBuster.exe and BF4 from the list of programs and check the boxes next to both Private and Public. Step 2. Click on Allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall from the left pane. Step 1. Type firewall in the search box and then select the Windows Defender Firewall from the context menu. To avoid this problem, you can add the game and PunkBuster to the exclusions list of your security programs. Sometimes, the Battlefield 4 kicked by PunkBuster error can occur if your Windows Firewall or third-party antivirus software interfere with the service. Check the Antivirus Program and Firewall Interferences Now, you can see if the “Battlefield 4 kicked by PunkBuster” issue is resolved. Select Restart the Service from the drop-down menu next to the list of options. Go to the Recovery tab and then you will see 3 options: First failure, Second failure, and Subsequent failures. If the service is running, click on Stop first and then click on Start. Change the Startup type to Automatic and click on Start. Double click the PunkBuster/PnkBstrA service from the list to open its Properties. Open the Run box again, and then type services.msc and hit Enter. If the error persists, you can proceed with the following steps. After that, you can check if the ‘you have been kicked by PunkBuster BF4” error disappears. If the service is not running, select Start.

Navigate to the Services column, and then right-click the PnkBstraA/ PunkBuster service and select Restart.

Press Win + R keys to open the Run dialog box, and then type taskmgr in it and hit Enter to open Task Manager. To fix it, you can follow the steps below to restart the service. If the service is not running properly, you may receive the “you have been kicked by PunkBuster” error message. Restart the PnkBstraA/ PunkBuster ServiceĪs you know, the PunkBuster service needs to run all the time while playing the game and it needs to restart once you shut down it. There are 3 methods to fix the “Battlefield 4 keep getting kicked by PunkBuster” issue. Read More How to Fix the “BF4 kicked by PunkBuster” Issue

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