TrueCrypt + Norton AV = BSOD, wail disgruntled users

  • 20 February 2015
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Symantec struggling to deliver fix, offers 'mitigation options'

20 Feb 2015 at 17:02, John Leyden
 
Encrypted disk users who upgrade to Norton 2015 have been confronted by the dreaded Blue Screen of Death.

Norton 2015 appears to trigger a crash on Windows 8.1 PCs that runs a disk encryption driver, according to user complaints about the problem in a thread on a Symantec support forum.

Many of those affected are running TrueCrypt but the issue is by no means limited to that utility, affecting other flu-disk and file encryption utilities as well.
 
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Isnt Truecrypt dead?
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Apparently there are some stirrings from the grave:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2887052/truecrypt-audit-back-on-track-after-silence-and-uncertainty.html
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TrueCrypt Audit Stirs Back To Life

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