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Rocky Lichtenwald
Copper Contributor
Dec 01, 2017

Avira Antivirus Crashes Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17046 for PC

Total disaster with Windows 10 Build 17046 upgrade causing fatal crash with Avira Antivirus: 

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After installing an alternative 3rd party anti-virus upgrade proceeded without fault.

  • I have this same issue on all my systems. Version 17063 crashes every time I try to install it, regardless of specs.


    Rocky Lichtenwald wrote:

    Total disaster with Windows 10 Build 17046 upgrade causing fatal crash with Avira Antivirus: 

    BAD_POOL_HEADER

     

    After installing an alternative 3rd party anti-virus upgrade proceeded without fault.


     

    • Mattias Borg's avatar
      Mattias Borg
      Brass Contributor

      when does the crash happen?

       

      I personally would really recommend evaluating defender on win 10 + configuring other features. AV is a small protection (but still required) and there are other mitigations which needs to be configured.

       

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