Windows 7 users claim May updates cause severe antivirus issues

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Published onMay 27, 2019

published onMay 27, 2019

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The May 2019Patch Tuesdayupdates forWindows 7PCs are not playing well with somethird-partyantivirus solutions.

We all remember the time when Windows 10 updatesmessed up third-party antivirus programs. However, the bug is back again to targetWindows 7devices.

Sophos recentlyreleased a security alertthat warns users about the issues created byKB4499164 and KB4499175. Microsoft rolled out both of theseupdatesonPatch Tuesday.

Users who are runningSophos Central Endpoint Standard/Advanced and Sophos Endpoint Security and Control on Windows Server 2008 R2 orWindows 7machines are the ones most affected by this problem.

The UK based security company Sophos explains that:

We have had a few customers reporting that following on from the Microsoft Windows 14th May patches they are experiencing a hang on boot where the machines appear to get stuck on ‘Configuring 30 percent’.

The company confirmed that it is collaborating with Microsoft to fix the bug. Surprisingly, Microsoft didn’t acknowledge the bug on theirKB page.

It seems that two of theseupdatesare causing issues for Avira, Sophos, Avast, and ArcaBit.

Avast users arereportingthat the latest round ofupdatesare affectingWindows 7machines with a free version of Avast antivirus programs.

It is interesting to see how Microsoft is going to address these security issues. This may turn out to be a major setback for the tech giant who is already dealing withWindows 10 May 2019 Update bugs.

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