Botwatch

Botwatch is the name of the software Jagex uses to detect accounts using bots ingame. This system is scheduled to receive a major update on 24 September 2012 along with the release of Botany Bay. According to Mark Gerhard, Botwatch will be able to profile accounts and determine whether or not they are using botting software. Other rather unsuccessful anti-botting measures have focused on protecting and obfuscating RuneScape ' s source code; Botwatch doesn't focus on breaking the code of the botting software but instead monitors an account's actions and determines whether or not it is human behavior. The Botwatch system will have the ability to ban players directly, making it the first automated banning system in RuneScape. This being said, Jagex is quite confident that Botwatch will be flawless and not ban any legitimate players.