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A Reddit user building a Mac temperature-monitoring app with Claude Code was alerted by the AI agent that xmrig, a crypto-mining program, was running unauthorized on their machine using roughly 1175% CPU across about 12 cores. Claude identified the malware had been added to startup around August 29 and offered to quarantine the files rather than deleting them outright.
Free diagnostic tools like HWiNFO, Core Temp and HWMonitor can display real-time CPU temperature readings in Celsius. Guidance suggests 60°C or below is typical for everyday use, 70-90°C warrants investigation, and 90°C or above risks overheating damage, with most modern CPUs throttling performance to self-protect before that point.
HWiNFO64 is a diagnostic tool that tracks live data across CPU, GPU, motherboard, RAM, drives, and sensors, presenting it through a system summary, full report, and active sensor windows. It supports logging, custom alerts, and can display VRM temperatures when motherboards expose that data, though its fan control feature is a secondary function rather than its main purpose.