: Forcing the game to run the cheat code as if it were a legitimate part of the program.

At its core, an "injector" is a delivery vehicle. A cheat itself is often a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) file—a piece of code that cannot run on its own. To work, that DLL must be inserted into the memory space of a running game. The automates this by:

: Carving out space within that game's memory.

: Identifying the active game window (e.g., csgo.exe ).