WinRing0: Why Windows is flagging your PC monitoring and fan control apps as a threat

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Shane1145
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WinRing0: Why Windows is flagging your PC monitoring and fan control apps as a threat

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On Tuesday morning, 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, as if their PCs were under attack. Some of those computers even began behaving oddly ​​— like blasting their fans at high speed — once the HackTool had been quarantined. I know, because it happened to me.

https://www.theverge.com/report/629259/ ... quarantine
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