V240

README.md

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-## WARNING
+## Announcement
 
-As of 09/04/2025, Winring0 (FanControl.sys) is flagged as [Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A](https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases/issues/3410#issuecomment-3254057373) by Windows Defender.
+[V238](https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases/releases/tag/V238) now ships with a [PawnIO](https://pawnio.eu/) build of [LHM](https://github.com/LibreHardwareMonitor/LibreHardwareMonitor). This will fix the anti-virus problems encountered with WinRing0, as it is no longer shipped with FanControl.  You may still use V237 or any version before if you want to keep the WinRing0 version.
+
+## WARNING ( V237 and below )
+
+As of 09/04/2025, Winring0 (FanControl.sys) is flagged as [Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A](https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases/issues/3410#issuecomment-3254057373) by Windows Defender. This will cause sensors to not be detected.
 You do not need to open an issue on the subject. Any new issues with this exact problem will be closed as duplicate.
 
 If you experience this issue, you may:
 
 * (Can't officialy recommend) whitelist/exclude the detection in Windows Security/Defender. Read the [official microsoft response/article](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-defender-antivirus-alert-vulnerabledriver-winnt-winring0-eb057830-d77b-41a2-9a34-015a5d203c42) carefully. 
-* Since V235, you can easily [use an alternative LHM branch](https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases/issues/3410#issuecomment-3258597822) that doesn't use WinRing0. Consider this a Beta, as it hasn't been widely tested yet. 
+* With [V235 to V237](https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases/releases), you can easily [use an alternative LHM branch](https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases/issues/3410#issuecomment-3258597822) that doesn't use WinRing0. Consider this a Beta, as it hasn't been widely tested yet. It may not work, be unstable, not be reliable, you get the idea. 
 
 To use the alternate branch (PawnIO, thanks to [@namazso](https://github.com/namazso)) :
-1. Update to at least __V235__, and close FanControl completely (EXIT).
+1. Update to at least [__V235__](https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases/releases), and close FanControl completely (EXIT).
 2. (Optional but recommended) Backup your Configuration folder
-3. Download the [net4.8](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/22138855/net472.zip) or [net8.0](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/22138861/net8.0.zip) version of LibreHardwareMonitorLib.dll depending on your existing installation
+3. Download the [net4.8](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/22304072/net472.zip) or [net8.0](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/22304071/net8.0.zip) version of LibreHardwareMonitorLib.dll depending on your existing installation
 4. Install the [PawnIO driver](https://pawnio.eu/)
 5. Place the LibreHardwareMonitorLib.dll inside your existing Plugins folder, or create a Plugins/ folder and place it in there
-6. Launch FanControl 
+6. Launch FanControl
+7. If successful, in the About tab, you should see (PawnIO) next to the LHM version.
 
 ## New
 * New seperate "Up" and "Down" hysteresis for graph, linear and trigger fan curves

version.json

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
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-    "Number":  236,
-    "Message":  "- Allow side-loading a different version of LibreHardwareMonitorLib. This offers an alternative if you experience Windows Security/Defender issue.  See the warning section of the Github README page, available in the About tab.\r\n- Fix a Trigger fan curve deserialization issue.\r\n- Fix a bug when loading plugins",
+    "Number":  240,
+    "Message":  "- Migrated to the PawnIO version of LHM, Winring0 is no longer shipped with FanControl. This will prompt for the installation of the PawnIO driver. You may use the software without, but you will not  get any motherboard sensors.  Other sensor sources will still work as usual. This is a whole new driver implementation, it will contain bugs and require community efforts to iron them out.  If you are happy with your current situation, I recommend you do not update for now.\r\n- Fix a plugin list display bug in the settings page",
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+                      "FanControl_4_8":  "99776EE51F4E567BFFD576EFEE5FAB15",
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                   }
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