CoreTemp is Okay: Do NOT Download from alcpu.com!

[LoneSwan]

Several users recently tried to obtain CoreTemp by clicking on a link referenced in an answer at the top of the thread asking for recommendations for "best CPU temperature monitoring program".

The website "alcpu" hosts malware: and they give what I guess they consider is fair warning in the fine print near bottom of webpage. Avast antivirus swept two attempts to download from there, to the Vault. Only after that, did I go back to this referenced webpage and look over it thoroughly.

Google is not always your -friend-! (This website was at the top of the list after a search for "CoreTemp".)

Anyway... do another search and obtain from a reliable source, such as:

http://download.softpedia.com/dl/9990a9dc80761686eead52548fe5c1ed/55132b61/100074793/software/system/info/Core-Temp-setup.exe

But: always best to do a virus/anti-malware scan before running executable, no matter how sure you are of the source.

Walker
{in Virginia}

 

[A_Used_Username]

Maybe you should read what your installing,I downloaded Coretemp from alcpu.com and i got no virus/malware....Yeah but i didn't install the toolbars/other programs the installer asked me to.


Pro it for installing programs...READ what your are installing and do not install extra programs

 

[DubbleClick]

No malware, no adware. Even though usually not wanted, you are able to unselect all software it does install, it doesn't install anything without informing you.

 

[mlga91]

If you only click on next on the installer, that is exactly what happens. Almost every download site will do the same.