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• Avira confirms that this month’s Win7 and Win10 version 1809 patches slow down PCs running their AV products

  Posted on April 11, 2019 at 11:15 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Details on this are a bit sketchy, but Avira just posted an explanation saying:

  Why does my system run very slow?
  We could reproduce the described behavior.
  This is occurring because of a current Windows Update.

  … and goes on to specify the Win10 version 1809 cumulative update KB 4493509, and the Win7 updates KB 4493472 (April Monthly Rollup) and KB 4493448 (Security-only) can lead to the slowdowns.

  As was the case with the first mea culpa from Sophos, I have to wonder if that’s the full list of bad patches.

  I also wonder why Avira’s reporting a slowdown, whereas Sophos and Avast report freezes on startup.

  There are no other details I can find. Microsoft certainly hasn’t acknowledged anything other than a slight misunderstanding with Sophos. C’mon, Softies. You say you’re going to give us better accountability for patches and improved guidance when things turn for the worse. We could use a big dose of that right now.

  The next time somebody tells you that you have to install Microsoft patches as soon as they’re available… oh, nevermind. I guess it’s good that some folks volunteer to test this stuff.

  Good synopsis from Lawrence Abrams on BleepingComputer.

  Patch Watch, Windows Patches/Security KB 4493448, KB 4493472, KB 4493509

• Reports of this month’s Win10 version 1809 cumulative update, KB 4493509, causing extreme slowdowns

  Posted on April 11, 2019 at 08:28 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  We had an anonymous tip yesterday pointing to two posters on Tenforums who reported that they’re machines were turned into molasses after installing the Patch Tuesday updates for Win10 version 1809.

  Bogdan Popa has a roundup this morning of various additional complaints.

  No acknowledgment from Microsoft just yet – and I don’t see a pattern. Do you?

  Windows Patches/Security KB 4493509, Win10 1809