Anyone who downloaded CPU-Z or HWMonitor from the official CPUID website in recent days may have received malware instead of the real software. Hackers breached CPUID’s site and swapped out legitimate ...

A potential software supply-chain incident is unfolding around CPUID, the developer behind CPU-Z and HWMonitor, after multiple reports claimed that official download links were serving malware rather ...

Hackers gained access to an API for the CPUID project and changed the download links on the official website to serve malicious executables for the popular CPU-Z and HWMonitor tools. The two utilities ...

The CPU-Z and HWMonitor download pages have recently been compromised, with download links replaced with ones pointing to files infected by malware. If you've recently downloaded either of these apps ...

I have recently finished a new build with a 7700K on Asrock Z270 Gaming-ITX/AC. In trying to tune and overclock the thing, I use HWMonitor to get a feel for the temperatures. I notice something I ...

Anyone who downloaded the system analysis tools from the CPUID website, such as CPU-Z or HWMonitor, on Thursday or Friday of the past week, i.e., April 9th or 10th, 2026, should scan their computer ...

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