<ul><li>Some PC gamers woke up to Windows Defender alert flagging a 'HackTool' called WinRing0 as a threat.</li><li>Windows Defender had triggered alarms in PC monitoring and fan control apps, causing some computers to behave oddly, such as running fans at high speed.</li><li>The threat was detected in various apps, including Fan Control, Razer Synapse, SteelSeries Engine, and MSI Afterburner.</li><li>All third-party/open-source hardware monitoring software was affected due to a common piece of kernel-level software, causing their functionality to be impaired.</li></ul>

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

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