14 DAY TRIAL // While the number of bugs in Windows 10 April 2018 Update is huge (and growing every day), there are a few of them that appear to be more widespread than others.
One of the most recent that’s part of this category reportedly bricks Windows 10 PCs upgraded to the April 2018 Update, and the culprit was believed to be Avast antivirus.
As we reported yesterday, some of the users upgrading to Windows 10 April 2018 Update and running Avast antivirus ended up with their computers broken down due to what was believed to be a compatibility issue with this security solution. Users said their systems could no longer boot and ended up with a black screen.
But in a statement for The Reg, Avast says that it investigated all these reports and by the looks of things, its antivirus cannot be blamed for these problems.
Don’t blame Avast
The company said that it’s aware a small number of users hit such problems, though right now, there’s absolutely no problem with the antivirus solution.
“We have tested this and couldn't identify any problems affecting Avast Antivirus consumer users specifically. Online user comments show that many are unfortunately experiencing problems updating to Windows 10 ‘1803’. We cannot rule out that a small number of Avast users may be having difficulties updating, too, but we don't see any indications that this is caused by Avast,” the company was quoted as saying.
Microsoft, on the other hand, has remained completely tight-lipped on this bug, and while the company might be aware of the issue, it’s not exactly known when a fix could be expected. The next Patch Tuesday takes place on June 12, and obviously, a cumulative update for Windows 10 April 2018 Update is also likely to land, though there’s still no configuration that this problem would be addressed.