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 downloaded hwinfo from the sourceforge link on hwinfo.com and tested it using virustotal.com.

The security vendor "Zillya" detected "Trojan.KryptikAGen.Win32.18722"

I downloaded the same file from the "local" link on hwinfo.com and confirmed it is the same file as the one I got from sourceforge.

Is there anyway I can confirm that this file is actually safe?

Virus total doesn't detect anything in the portable download.

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