Major Windows BSOD issue takes banks, airlines, and broadcasters offline

https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/19/24201717/windows-bsod-crowdstrike-outage-issue

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Note: Contrary to claims of a "global internet outage", network data show minimal impact to connectivity and telecoms infrastructure after a threat-detection software update causes crashes on some Windows PCs; the software issue is attributed to flaws in a Crowdstrike product

-- Netblocks

#Crowdstrike

https://x.com/brody_n77/status/1814185935476863321

#Crowdstrike blew up the internet

The story so far

https://youtu.be/E8RQVx2gBFc

On a friggin Friday of all days

In case you don't wanna go to x for the #Crowdstrike workaround

There is a workaround...
1. Boot Windows into Safe Mode or WRE.
2. Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike
3. Locate and delete file matching "C-00000291*.sys"
4. Boot normally.

😜

Happy Friday