Windows 10: Multiple driver and defender related BSOD's

Hello.


My PC just experienced multiple BSOD's in the span of several hours

The first one was a "system service exception", and from what I found online it seemed like it was related to drivers.

I updated my graphics drivers since it has been a while, but to no avail.


The 2nd one was a "registry filter driver exception" with "wdfilter.sys"

Since that was Defender related, I did some things to change that.

I uninstalled Malwarebytes, the only other antivirus software, though it's just a scanner without active protection.

I even ended up disabling the active protection on Defender, but it also didn't help.


The 3rd BSOD I got just now was the "system service exception" again.



Is there anything else I could try? I'm out of ideas.

:)

 

BSOD- atikmpag.sys

This is most likely due to an installation/upgrade error with ATI driver's. I suggest doing DriveSweeper and the following:

• Drivesweeper all drivers & in Safe Mode
• Unistall all drivers that aren't used in DriveSweeper (CCC Profiler Updates, MSI AfterBurner, anything related to ATI that use's it's drivers.)
• After you do this, the first thing you need to do is go into Device Manager and Unistall your ATI Drivers

Once your done, restart the PC and then try installing the latest drivers.


I had several issues with this in the past, but I overcame it with logical reasoning and whenever I have a driver issue, I just use these steps and I always overcome the problem.

Best of luck! *Toast :toast:

 

Multiple BSOD - probably driver related

Related to

McAfee Antivirus

Intel Graphics driver

Intel Display Audio driver.

#1:

Uninstall McAfee and use Built in Defender in its place. McAfee is known to cause problems.

Use the removal tool:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/for...

#2:

Completely remove everything from Intel using DDU and install the newest copy of the driver available.

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-dri...

You can head either to Intel or the manufacturer of your device to get the newest driver.

Let us know if you require any assistance.

#3:

Remove Intel Audio driver using Device manager.

Remove the driver completely:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

You can find the newest driver links on the manufacturer's website or here:

http://www.carrona.org/dvrref.php

 

[SOLVED] Multiple random BSODs, all pointing to the kernel


No BSODs yet but I haven't been playing World of Warcraft which I suspect to be a possible cause.

Was the driver verifier step necessary or just a suggestion?