Windows 10 Anniversary Update has Antivirus-related issues

It seems that the antivirus software industry has been struggling lately, as Google’s Project Zero has discovered a good amount of vulnerabilities on many antivirus products out there. The problem is that even leading antivirus products have a good amount of vulnerabilities.

Most of these vulnerabilities have been found on Symantec’s flagship antivirus software. It seems that the antivirus engine was loading itself in the Windows kernel in order to scan malware. By bringing potentially malicious code in the Windows kernel is a very bad thing that could mess up your computer.

To make things even worse, it seems that many top antivirus programs are now useless after installing the Windows 10 Anniversary Update on your computer. According to reports, there are problems with Avast, Intel Security, Kaspersky lab and many others. It seems that some of the features that these antivirus programs come with are being disabled, the systems are crashing and there are a good amount of blue screens.

Microsoft has already confirmed that the problem is with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update’s compatibility checks and that it is currently working on a patch that will fix all these issues. The patch is expected to be released this month, but it seems that Kaspersky has already its own update in order to temporary fix this problem.

In concordance with Intel Security’s advisory, “the intent was to have upgrade and installation checks implemented in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update to ensure that no incompatible McAfee product versions could be installed or present. Because of time constraints, these checks could not be implemented prior to the release of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update on August 2, 2016.”

There are reports which are suggesting that Microsoft had the resources to implement these checks and avert these issues. However, for some reason the company doesn’t seem to care much about these antivirus programs.

Have you installed the Windows 10 Anniversary Update on your Windows 10 PC? Do you have any issues with the antivirus program that protects your computer?

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