If Windows gets stuck at Configuring Updates, fails to start or freezes after installing April 2019 Patch updates, it is necessary to remove these updates to let Windows work properly. What’s more, it has updated the known issues for KB4493446, KB4493472 and KB4493509 updates to indicate that ArcaBit antivirus is also having issues. It has added information about Avira being affected as well. Similarly, Microsoft has mentioned the conflict with Avast or Avira products. And it has blocked on the conflicting updates to prevent further issues so that they are not offered to users who are running Sophos Endpoint until a solution is made available. Microsoft has added the following known issue to the knowledge base articles for all affected updates. They advise uninstalling these Windows updates at present until a fix is released.
Why April 2019 updates freeze Windows or cause these similar Windows issues? According to support articles from Microsoft, Sophos, Avast and Avira, there is a conflict between the latest April 2019 Patch updates and antivirus software such as Sophos Endpoint Protection, Avast for Business and CloudCare, Avira antivirus, ArcaBit, and AVG Business Edition. One user writes a comment at BleepingComputer that Windows 10 computer has become extremely slow and rebooting/starting Windows takes forever.īesides, the similar issues will happen on Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2 as well. Security updates to Windows Kernel, Windows Server, Graphics Component, Windows Input and Composition, Windows Datacenter Networking, Windows MSXML, and the Microsoft JET Database Engine”.Actually, Windows 10 may be also affected.Addresses an issue that may cause compound document (OLE) server applications to display embedded objects incorrectly if you use the PatBlt API to place embedded objects into the Windows Metafile (WMF).This occurs when two or more people use the same user account for multiple, concurrent login sessions on the same Windows Server machine, including Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Terminal Server logons. Addresses an issue that may cause authentication issues for Internet Explorer 11 and other applications that use WININET.DLL.Addresses an issue that may prevent Custom URI Schemes for Application Protocol handlers from starting the corresponding application for local intranet and trusted sites on Internet Explorer.Addresses an issue in which netdom.exe fails to run, and the error, “The command failed to complete successfully” appears.“Addresses an issue that causes the error “0x3B_c0000005_win32k!vSetPointer” when the kernel mode driver, win32k.sys, accesses an invalid memory location.These include protections against the Spectre Variant 2 and Meltdown CPU flaws for VIA-based computers. The April 9 monthly rollup includes fixes from KB4489892, some of which are very important for security. Advertisement April Security Update Patch Notes