After updating Windows 7, "update.exe" has application errors

[Wineclaw]

I finally stopped being lazy a few days ago and caught up on updating my PC. I let Windows Update do its thing while I was out and came back to a freshly updated and restarted computer. No issues.

Later that evening, I got booted out of a fullscreen game I was playing and was greeted with:

update.exe - Application Error
The instruction at 0x74a3e5a8 referenced memory at 0x00000000. The memory could not be read. Click on OK to terminate the program

Since then, two times a day, I get an error like that. I've never had an issue like this before.

I took a screenshot of the task manager showing the processes that close out when I click OK on that dialog box:

http://i.imgur.com/rkqangi.png

I've already tried SFC /scannow. No issues found.

Specs:

Windows 7 64-bit
i5-3750K
Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
7950 HD

 

[Sakkura]

Well, at least Windows 10 fixes the problem.

 

[Kimmy Taylor]

well, I am having the same problem. Just format my com and using window 7 64bit. Also using the avira antivirus.
Is that comfirmed that is the avira problem?

 

[Tinstaafl]

Yes, Avira has a problem with their updater, and they are aware and testing a fix in their beta version. So just wait for the next update to your program.

The error is actually harmless, it only indicates a failed update attempt. But if you are concerned about not having the latest virus dat files, you can open the Avira GUI, click on menu item "Update">"Start update" to get it going again.

 

[Kimmy Taylor]

Thanks for the reply, will just wait for the fix.