"HackTool Threatens PCs"
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WinRing0: Why Windows is flagging your PC monitoring and fan control apps as a threat
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Some PC gamers woke up to discover their computers were seemingly under threat.
A “HackTool” called WinRing0 had suddenly started triggering a Windows Defender alert.
Windows Defender had broken it, and that’s why my fans were running amok.
Microsoft has been under pressure to restrict software that has special access to low level hardware.
WinRing0 dates back to a time when Windows didn't require Microsoft to sign such drivers.
To get a new copy signed, developers would need Microsoft ’s approval — and they’d need to pay up.
Windows won’t let users install it to begin with.
Razer and Steelseries users have recently ditched it, but know that you may lose some functionality.
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