14 DAY TRIAL // The buggy KB2823324 update released by Microsoft on Patch Tuesday wreaks havoc on a number of Windows 7 computers due to a compatibility issue with some third-party software solutions, including Kaspersky Anti-virus products.
Kaspersky was one of the first companies to take notice of the problem, so its developers have been hard at work to release a patch that would fix this issue on Windows 7 computers running its security apps.
The security vendor has released a patch for Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Workstations and Server versions 6.0.4.1424 and 6.0.4.1611 and for Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows version 8.1.0.831 that should fix the bug in just a couple of minutes.
Users are required to download and apply this patch, restart the computer and let the chkdsk utility complete the disk scanning process. Afterwards, Kaspersky users need to re-introduce the license, as anti-virus protection was most likely disabled on all affected computers.
In addition, Microsoft has recommended all users to disable the faulty update until a workaround is released. More information on this is available here.