Yep, this is the bug that has already been reported. It only takes place if Comodo is installed (but it's an avast bug).
FYI: it seems to also only take place (with me anyway) when
Process Explorer (
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx) is installed and running.
Note too that you need to be running as an Administrator as well, since it is only when you're logged on with Administrative authority that Process Explorer dynamically installs its
PROCEXP111.sys driver.
Further note that it only seems to occur (again, with me) whenever the system is "under load/stress" with many processes being created and ending very quickly.
The way I was able to trigger it was when I started using a new program I wrote called
RunJobs (
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/MFC/runjobs.aspx) to help speed up the building of my various software products.
What I find odd however, is I was
never able to cause it even
with RunJobs
and avast On-Access Protection enabled (and building many project configurations at the same time (i.e.
many processes being created and ending very quickly)) whenever I used Task Manager instead of Process Explorer.
Apparently (for me anyway) it is only when Process Explorer is thrown into the mix that avast (
aswsp.sys) seems to screw up.
It is also supposed to be fixed by this pre-release version:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=34612.0
I can offer preliminary confirmation that the above mentioned beta (4.8.1192)
does indeed at least resolve my problem. Whether or not it also resolves others' problems remains to be seen (but I'm fairly confident it probably will).
Keep up the good work folks and don't let this bug bother you. Everyone's human and mistakes will
always occur from time to time. The trick is to just fix them as quickly and as efficiently as you can whenever they do occur and not let it bother you. After all, the only kind of people that don't make mistakes are either those who are perfect and those who never attempt anything.(*)
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(*) And the corollary: those who make the most mistakes are either completely incompetent (if they're not attempting anything or attempting very little) and those who are doing all the work.