BSOD - KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE (139) | avc3.sys

Hi,

May I hereby seek assistance for the following BSOD issue please.

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KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE (139)
A kernel component has corrupted a critical data structure.  The corruption
could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of this machine.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000003, A LIST_ENTRY has been corrupted (i.e. double remove).
Arg2: ffffd00022176820, Address of the trap frame for the exception that caused the bugcheck
Arg3: ffffd00022176778, Address of the exception record for the exception that caused the bugcheck
Arg4: 0000000000000000, Reserved

I've been frequently getting BSODs from cold boot right after POST. I am suspecting it has something to do with Bitdefender 2016 as the driver mentioned below points to Bitdefender's Active Virus Control filter.

Code:

Probably caused by : avc3.sys ( avc3!UcAddUrlEntry+2f704 )

I wish to understand the root cause of this issue. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Arthur

Hi Arthur,

Welcome to the 10forums.

The root cause is Bitdefender not fully compatible with Windows 10 as you already have find out.
Please uninstall Bitdefender using the uninstall tool, use Windows Defender for a while and see if the problem persist.

axe0 said:

Hi Arthur,

Welcome to the 10forums.

The root cause is Bitdefender not fully compatible with Windows 10 as you already have find out.
Please uninstall Bitdefender using the uninstall tool, use Windows Defender for a while and see if the problem persist.

Thank you, axe0. I have uninstalled Bitdefender 2016 and reverted back to Windows Defender. I will test it out for a few weeks to see if there are any more BSODs. I will report back and change the status of this thread accordingly.

Update: Uninstalling BitDefender 2016 has since resolved this issue completely. There is no more encounters of BSOD.

Does anyone know what?

That is something you best find out yourself, for everyone it is different due to the variations of the possibilities with Windows.

Please keep in mind that the surface and desktop are different, even when the same OS is installed and even when everything regarding software is the same. Sounds odd, but it happens frequently that when a setup is completely identical 1 of the 2 is having problems while the other is perfect.

You're welcome :)