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Windows 10 Build 2004
Outlook crashes intermittently and generates the following Application Event Log error.
Event 1000, Application Error (11:06AM, 12/7/2020) Faulting application name: OUTLOOK.EXE, version: 16.0.13426.20308, time stamp: 0x5fc6ea9b Faulting module name: ucrtbase.dll, version: 10.0.19041.546, time stamp: 0x73123758 Exception code: 0xc0000409 Fault offset: 0x0009edbb Faulting process id: 0x41c0 Faulting application start time: 0x01d6ccaedccaa9fa Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\ucrtbase.dll Report Id: f8791f7b-faf7-452a-8ff2-7268662a6db2 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID:
I have run SFC /SCANNOW
I have completely uninstalled and reinstalled Microsoft Office 365
Here are the properties of the failing file:
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The Exploit Mitigation component is still enabled, only Outlook is excepted for a temporary period untill Sophos fixes the cause.
I verified that Outlook did not crash while Sophos was uninstalled. I reinstalled Sophos at the end of the day on 1/21/2021. After reporting this to Sophos they sent me the same hotfix you mentioned above. I went ahead and added the same exclusion for Microsoft Outlook to Exploit Mitigation and will monitor the results for the remainder of the day today.
We also have Sophos Endpoint, I noticed that exploit mitigation screws up a few applications we use lately. Every problem we had with apps crashing or hangings were lead back to the exploit mitigation function.
The Exploit Mitigation component is still enabled, only Outlook is excepted for a temporary period untill Sophos fixes the cause.
I verified that Outlook did not crash while Sophos was uninstalled. I reinstalled Sophos at the end of the day on 1/21/2021. After reporting this to Sophos they sent me the same hotfix you mentioned above. I went ahead and added the same exclusion for Microsoft Outlook to Exploit Mitigation and will monitor the results for the remainder of the day today.
I put the same Microsoft Outlook exclusion for Sophos Exploit Protection in on Friday, and have not had one crash since. I have updated my Sophos ticket to indicate this and the first thing they sent me was the hotfix you mentioned above. I installed the hotfix but, since it has already been demonstrated that the hotfix does not resolve the issue with Microsoft Outlook, left the Microsoft Outlook exclusion in place. Waiting for further follow-up from Sophos support.
We have applied the Outlook exclusion, and no crashes.
We have many clients and this only affects one, they work in Insurance and run Act! and Acturis. They are our only client running those, anyone else using either? They both have plugins to Outlook but as the crashes happen in safemode I had discounted 3rd party addins.
We have applied the Outlook exclusion, and no crashes.
We have many clients and this only affects one, they work in Insurance and run Act! and Acturis. They are our only client running those, anyone else using either? They both have plugins to Outlook but as the crashes happen in safemode I had discounted 3rd party addins.
None of my clients use those applications. I think it is just something with the Sophos Mitigation component messing with Outlook.
