V240

README.md

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-## WARNING
+## Announcement
+
+[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.
@@ -24,7 +28,7 @@ You do not need to open an issue on the subject. Any new issues with this exact
 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](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. 
+* 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__](https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases/releases), and close FanControl completely (EXIT).
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ To use the alternate branch (PawnIO, thanks to [@namazso](https://github.com/nam
 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
-7. If successful, in the About tab, you should see the relative path to the LibreHardwareMonitorLib.dll being used (\Plugins\...)
+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 @@
 {
-    "Number":  237,
-    "Message":  "- Add PawnIO or Winring0 indicator whichever is loaded\r\n- Fix a bug if plugins folder isn\u0027t created",
+    "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",
     "Checksums":  {
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-                      "FanControl_8_0":  "5B0B4AEEFB637BF2427B82E8D0D7612C",
-                      "FanControl_4_8_Installer":  "530F0366BE13AF203E4AB4965D4CE656",
-                      "FanControl_8_0_Installer":  "8C6A716D8FBBBBC15E23C03BD5A871CF",
+                      "FanControl_4_8":  "99776EE51F4E567BFFD576EFEE5FAB15",
+                      "FanControl_8_0":  "AA1AECEDD44906D661E5485463A06AA6",
+                      "FanControl_4_8_Installer":  "AA2FA1FF4BBA8D1845EB7E355D85D003",
+                      "FanControl_8_0_Installer":  "16A349B364CD73DCE1159124C85A5E5A",
                       "Updater":  "82745C6CC3D8598898AA2CE81A8DFF2E"
                   }
 }