So i got a new gaming pc and just want to check it's thermals while gaming , i downloaded HWINFO64 from the wiki link in this subreddit portable version from the US local server .

My question HWINFO is safe right ? It has two exe one for 32 bit and one for 64 and while scanning virustotal showed the 32 bit one as malicious in a antivirus called secure age . I deleted it but I'm safe right ? I deleted the 32 bit one and start the 64 bit exe , it makes a temp config file next to the portable exe and runs

Also , does hwinfo affect performance, or battery life ? Does it repeatedly ping the GPU or the cpu if the program is shut down ? Does it modify any system settings or clock speed etc or it's purely for showing stats .. just want to check temps during and nothing else , how to set it up for that purpose ?

I'm new at this so any help would be appreciated

I have it was compromised or something.

I keep hwinfo open, game running in background, and i can see the temps are steady at 65º, then it jumps in a sec to 75-80, then back to 65... im guessing this is fake temp, causing the MAX temp to be very high... how can a temp change so fast.... can someone confirm?

Im asking cause i saw a MAX temp of 92, and i been trying to catch my cpu running at this temperature ever since, and i noticed those temp jumps, looks fake to me, but i would really appreciate any insights. Thanks in advance!

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HWinfo64 shows that my NVME is currently at 83% remaining life, how accurate is that? and when it his 0% will be "useless"?

hi there,

new to this whole computer thing so forgive me i seem dumb.

basically i downloaded hwinfo on my acer nitro 5 to check on the temps, but while scrolling through i accidentally clicked on some settings (cant remember which) and in a fit of panic i quickly uninstalled hwinfo.

just to ask, would hwinfo change any of my laptops settings to make it slower, and if i uninstalled hwinfo, could it be safe to say that my laptop is perfectly fine as before i downloaded hwinfo?

sorry if i sound paranoid - that's because i am haha.

Hi, so I just installed HWiNFO64 on my new laptop, and was copying over my settings from my Desktop, when I looked at the "Driver Management" tab only to realize my Desktop never installed the HWiNFO driver... Yet HWiNFO seems to have worked fine for me for years?

I can't seem to find info anywhere on what the driver actually does, all I can find are posts from people not being able to install it. Does it improve sensor accuracy? Does it let HWiNFO run before login? Does it give access to more sensors or hardware information? And it says it automatically installs and uninstalls the driver unless "persistent driver" is selected, but I'm not sure if it's ever been installed on my systems?

Closest thing I can find to anyone else asking this question is another reddit post where someone asked what the Driver Management tab is for, but they never got any responses.

so what exactly is going on with this situation ? I just found out about it today, but I updated hwinfo like 4 days ago. Its worth mentioning i updated it from the program itself, I didn't click on any reddit links or anything like that. Do I have to wipe my ssds now ? I only use my computer for gaming and i barely have time to do that. There's really nothing I'd consider sensitive on there like credit card info or any saved logins. Just trying to find out how much factual information is related to this malicious code update I've been reading about and how worried I should be.

I have here my SSD result from Original SSD manufaturer program, CrystalDiskInfo & HWinfo64

Hwinfo reports that my SSD life span is about 5% but it seem the other 2 program is saying the health is still good?.. and should I be worried?

I checked out tech support page and downloaded HWinfo from there from the fast cdn option, but when I ran it in virus total it detected: only one from zillya Trojan.KryptikAGen.Win32.18722

is this false positive or and actual trojan?

I'm so confused at this. Sometimes when I play games my temp go as high as 80 but when I played Dragon's Dogma today my cpu skyrocketed to 87 and I'm on 720p still btw I have an RTX 3050 and my CPU is Ryzen 5 5600g with stock cooler. Is it normal for games to go that high temp? Or is HWINFO not accurate ? Because sometimes it has normal temps when I reset the HWINFO software.

Noticing it shows my CPU temps 8-10° higher than CPUID, Intel ETU or Fan Control. The latter 3 all show the same temp consistently.

Is it being more precise with the fluctuations and the others are showing with a bit of delay so it averages?