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PCs running Avast anti-virus left bricked after new Windows update

 

 

Hordes of users using Avast Anti Virus software have found that their PCs, especially those running Windows 8 and 8.1, grind to a halt after they applied both Microsoft’s recent KB3000850 update and Avast’s latest automatic updates. Avast has been hard at work trying to figure out why the combinations of a recent update of Windows & Avast’s own update was causing machines running their software to break down completely.

 

Avast and Microsoft under fire

 

The users though didnt differentiate between Avast and Microsoft while venting their fury on the forums and social media networks. Some users have claimed that their machines will not boot up while others claimed that their machines were taking a long time to apply the patch. Microsoft’s not immune either: a Redmond thread titled Major issues with KB3000850 includes plenty of people wondering why the company issued an update incompatible with third-party software.

 

That criticism may not be entirely fair, as an Avast staffer has posted the following explanation for the mess: “We have been able to simulate the problem in our lab and I think we fixed this issue. This Windows updates calls new memory related functions which are not fully compatible with Avast.

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Hello,

 

One wonders if Microsoft should be more aggressive in pushing out early versions of patches to anti-malware companies for testing purposes.

 

Regards,

 

Aryeh Goretsky

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Hello,

 

It can happen to any AV vendor any time Microsoft releases a patch--it is not an issue which is exclusive to Avast.

 

Regards,

 

Aryeh Goretsky

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