Some Barricaded Suspects clans over the past few months have admitted to allowing their members to edit their .ini files, claiming it is not a hack as it is undetected by UAC. Here you can find an interesting read as to why editing .inis IS a form of cheating, and that editing them in 1.1 is also very possible - http://www.virusgaming.net/index.php?site=forum_topic&topic=1692.