diff --git a/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents.Contracts/ISystemInfo.cs b/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents.Contracts/ISystemInfo.cs
index 194bb969..6d5c2a04 100644
--- a/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents.Contracts/ISystemInfo.cs
+++ b/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents.Contracts/ISystemInfo.cs
@@ -13,11 +13,17 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents.Contracts
 	/// </summary>
 	public interface ISystemInfo
 	{
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The manufacturer and name of the BIOS.
 		/// </summary>
 		string BiosInfo { get; }
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The name of the CPU.
+		/// </summary>
+		string Cpu { get; }
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Reveals whether the computer system contains a battery.
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents/Registry/Registry.cs b/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents/Registry/Registry.cs
index 43b67ddd..f70185a6 100644
--- a/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents/Registry/Registry.cs
+++ b/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents/Registry/Registry.cs
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents.Registry
 
 			try
 			{
-				logger.Info($"default(RegistryKey) == null: {key == null}");
 				if (TryGetBaseKeyFromKeyName(keyName, out var baseKey, out var subKey))
 				{
 					key = baseKey.OpenSubKey(subKey);
diff --git a/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents/SystemInfo.cs b/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents/SystemInfo.cs
index 207a2fab..770556a6 100644
--- a/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents/SystemInfo.cs
+++ b/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents/SystemInfo.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents
 	public class SystemInfo : ISystemInfo
 	{
 		public string BiosInfo { get; private set; }
+		public string Cpu { get; private set; }
 		public bool HasBattery { get; private set; }
 		public string MacAddress { get; private set; }
 		public string Manufacturer { get; private set; }
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents
 		{
 			InitializeBattery();
 			InitializeBiosInfo();
+			InitializeCpu();
 			InitializeMacAddress();
 			InitializeMachineInfo();
 			InitializeOperatingSystem();
@@ -79,6 +81,22 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents
 			}
 		}
 
+		private void InitializeCpu()
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				var cpuObjSearcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_Processor");
+				foreach (var cpuObj in cpuObjSearcher.Get())
+				{
+					Cpu = ((string) cpuObj["Name"]);
+				}
+			}
+			catch (Exception)
+			{
+				Cpu = "";
+			}
+		}
+
 		private void InitializeMachineInfo()
 		{
 			var model = default(string);
diff --git a/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents/VirtualMachineDetector.cs b/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents/VirtualMachineDetector.cs
index f6b7a271..8d9ee3fd 100644
--- a/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents/VirtualMachineDetector.cs
+++ b/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents/VirtualMachineDetector.cs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents
 
 			// redundancy: registry check does this aswell (systemInfo may be using different methods)
 			isVirtualMachine |= IsVirtualSystemInfo(biosInfo, manufacturer, model);
-			isVirtualMachine |= IsVirtualWmi();
+			isVirtualMachine |= IsVirtualCpu();
 			isVirtualMachine |= IsVirtualRegistry();
 
 			if (macAddress != null && macAddress.Count() > 2)
@@ -222,15 +222,11 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents
 			return isVirtualMachine;
 		}
 
-		private bool IsVirtualWmi()
+		private bool IsVirtualCpu()
 		{
 			var isVirtualMachine = false;
-			var cpuObjSearcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_Processor");
 
-			foreach (var cpuObj in cpuObjSearcher.Get())
-			{
-				isVirtualMachine |= ((string) cpuObj["Name"]).ToLower().Contains(" kvm ");  // qemu (KVM specifically)
-			}
+			isVirtualMachine |= systemInfo.Cpu.ToLower().Contains(" kvm ");  // qemu (KVM specifically)
 
 			return isVirtualMachine;
 		}