Regarding the current situation of HW monitor
Posted by No_Gene_5656@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 5 comments
We’ve all recently heard about the issue with HWMonitor, where several versions were reportedly compromised and had malware injected into them. Unfortunately, I haven’t been following the situation closely, and with the conflicting information online, I’m not sure what’s accurate and what isn’t.
Some people say the issue is specifically with version 1.63, while others claim that all versions from 1.42 up to 1.63 are affected. I’m currently using version 1.59 is this version also affected?
Also, is this issue limited to HWMonitor only, or does it involve GPU-Z as well? I’m currently using version 2.67.0 of GPU-Z.
BaronB@reddit
If you downloaded a version of either CPU-Z or HWMonitor from the website late April 9th though mid April 10th, you got a compromised version. If you have copy you installed before that, you’re fine.
No_Gene_5656@reddit (OP)
So basically, the people claiming that versions 1.42 all the way up to 1.63 are infected are completely wrong and their statements are false, right? I don’t remember exactly when I downloaded version 1.59, but I think it was around two or three months ago. Is that version safe, and was that time period safe as well? Do I need to delete it or not? Also about GPU-Z version 2.67.0, is it safe?
BaronB@reddit
All that matters is if you downloaded from the website during those \~16hours when the link was infected. Otherwise you’re safe. Has nothing to do with version numbers, because they replaced all versions with infected ones that day.
No_Gene_5656@reddit (OP)
I understand what you mean. I’m on version 1.59, which was released in August 2025, and I think I downloaded it around October or November 2025 so it was quite a while ago. The thing is, I saw a lot of people on Reddit telling me to delete it even if it’s an older version. But now I get it so I don’t need to delete it, right? I should just keep it?
BaronB@reddit
Correct. As best I can tell the application itself wasn’t even affected. Rather the installer that you download during those few hours was infected.