Starforce driver crashes to blue screen of death (BSOD)

This is due to Older StarForce “sfdrv01.sys” driver (copy protection application) can cause crash when AVG starts the Anti-Rootkit scan. This will display the so called BSOD (blue fullscreen error message). You will then need to force restart the PC.

It can be fixed by updating the StarForce protection driver. To do that, please follow the steps on the following web page (belonging to vendor of this application):

http://www.star-force.com/support/drivers/

If you are unsure whether StarForce protection is installed, you can check this way:

On Windows 2000, Windows XP:

* Right click on the My computer icon on your Desktop or in Start menu.
* Select the Properties option.
* In opened window switch to the Hardware tab.
* Click on the Device Manager button.
* In the Device Manager, select the Show hidden devices option from the View menu.
* Now check under the Non-plug and play drivers tree for any record with Starforce in the name.

On Windows Vista, Windows 7 and newer:

* Right click on the Computer icon on your Desktop or in Start menu.
* Select the Properties option.
* Click on the Device Manager link in top-left corner.
* In the Device Manager, select the Show hidden devices option from the View menu.
* Now check under the Non-plug and play drivers tree for any record with Starforce in the name