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I was quite surprised when I heard the news. I had been working for hours on my PC without any issues. It pays off not to use Windows.
It's not a flaw with Windows causing this.
The issue is with a widely used third party security software that installs as a kernel level driver. It had an auto update that causes bluescreening moments after booting into the OS.
This same software is available for Linux and Mac, and had similar issues with specific Linux distros a month ago. It just didn't get reported on because it didn't have as wide of an impact.
Still a MS issue. Both testing and rollout procedures were inadequate
But MS had nothing to do with both the testing and rollout?
It's a broken 3rd party component. Croudstrikes testing and rollout procedures were inadequate.