CPU temps skyrocketing on certain websites?

[DarkLord1984]

Hi there

I've just noticed that when visiting certain websites, my CPU temperatures seem to skyrocket to about 70-80 degrees celsius. I've turned hardware acceleration on and off and it's made no difference.

I've just recently replaced the thermal paste on my CPU so I checked to make sure the heatsink is on correctly and it appears to be. Most websites are fine and even when I'm gaming the CPU only heats up to around the 55-60 degree mark.

This has got me completely stumped. Has anyone seen anything like this before? Is it possible malware on the website that is confusing my temp monitoring programs or something random like that? I use MSI Afterburner and Speccy.

Thanks

DL

 

[boju]

Might be this: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/rise-cryptojacking-stop-malicious-miners,36193.html

 

[DarkLord1984]

Might be this: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/rise-cryptojacking-stop-malicious-miners,36193.html

Holy crap. Had never heard of this until now. I'm guessing this is exactly what it is! Thank you sir!

 

[boju]

Yeah me as well, just seen your post and put two and two together. But keep investigating it though in case it's something else.

 

[DarkLord1984]

Yeah me as well, just seen your post and put two and two together. But keep investigating it though in case it's something else.

I'm thinking this is exactly what it is as it's only one website I've noticed so far that seems to do it, and it's a P2P website. All others are fine.