

One runtime component has known vulnerabilities that have been fixed for a long time. The XTU-Setup.exe executable installation program contains at least two obsolete and unsupported Microsoft runtime components. Stefan Kanthak took the tool XTU-Setup.exe, version 6.4.1.23 (released on May 18, 2018) and documented some unpleasant things. On I came across this entry from the end of September 2018. If you think you have to install and use this tool on your system, you should first read the following text. Security risk Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU)? On this Intel site and here you will find some informationen about XTU. The software interface offers a number of robust features common to most enthusiast platforms, as well as special new features for new Intel® application processors and Intel® motherboards. Intel XTU is a simple Windows-based performance tuning software for beginners and experienced enthusiasts to overclock, monitor and stress a system. The almost 30 MByte setup files set up an English version of the tool on the system. The Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility (Intel® XTU) is available here for free download for Windows 7 and Windows 10 (64 Bit).

What is the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU)? Here's a quick look under the hood to see what's broken. However, the tool is as night mare in terms of security and you should keep your hands off it. Intel offers the free Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU) for tuning its CPUs.
