Windows 10 BSOD “UNEXPECTED STORE EXCEPTION” How to Fix it?

Q. Just now I ended up with a blue screen (BSoD) “UNEXPECTED STORE EXCEPTION” with a :(. and restarted by updating to 100% in few seconds.

Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 couple of days ago!

I do use my laptop for 5 to 8 hours in a day.

Is this happened to you? Why did it happen? How to fix it?

Answer.

There were three McAfee drivers showing up on the “raw stack” such as:

ffffd000`2877d4f8  fffff801`23aba492 nt!SMKM_STORE<SM_TRAITS>::SmStUnhandledExceptionFilter+0x22
ffffd000`2877d500  00000000`00000154
ffffd000`2877d508  ffffe001`28053000
ffffd000`2877d510  ffffd000`2877d5a0
ffffd000`2877d518  00000000`00000000
ffffd000`2877d520  00000000`00000000
ffffd000`2877d528  fffff801`23cb2032 nt!PspGetSetContextInternal+0x202
ffffd000`2877d530  ffffd000`2877dd50
ffffd000`2877d538  fffff801`239da730 nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string’+0x3930
ffffd000`2877d540  ffffd000`2e7c9b01
ffffd000`2877d548  ffffe001`2d779080
ffffd000`2877d550  ffffd000`2877dd00
ffffd000`2877d558  fffff801`23cb2032 nt!PspGetSetContextInternal+0x202
ffffd000`2877d560  00000000`001101bd
ffffd000`2877d568  fffff801`239b755f nt!_C_specific_handler+0x9f
ffffd000`2877d570  00000000`00001f80
ffffd000`2877d578  00000000`00000000
ffffd000`2877d580  ffffd000`2877d690
ffffd000`2877d588  fffff801`f932afcd*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for mfeavfk.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for mfeavfk.sys
 mfeavfk+0x1afcd
ffffd000`2877d590  00000000`2a542698
ffffd000`2877d598  fffff801`2380c46b hal!HalpApicRequestInterrupt+0xab
ffffd000`2877d5a0  ffffd000`2877e538
ffffd000`2877d5a8  ffffd000`2877dd50
ffffd000`2877d5b0  fffff801`2398b1bd nt!SMKM_STORE<SM_TRAITS>::SmStDirectReadIssue+0x91
ffffd000`2877d5b8  ffffd000`2877dbf0
ffffd000`2877d5c0  00000000`00000000
ffffd000`2877d5c8  00000000`00000000
ffffd000`2877d5d0  ffffd000`2877e538
ffffd000`2877d5d8  fffff801`239ce25d nt!RtlpExecuteHandlerForException+0xd

So there is a good chance McAfee is causing the crash.

I would suggest to uninstall, at least temporarily, McAfee and use Windows 10 built-in antivirus (Windows Defender) and firewall and see if the error resolves.

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