K7 AV Plus gave me Bluescreens = goodbye!

Windows 7 SP1 32bit with WSA Complete and Privatefirewall. Been running nice and light and stable, with only about 30 applications installed, and a little help from BlackViper.
Was curious to try K7 alongside WSA, having read a little about it, and having that 'itch' (like a lot of people ) to sample a new AV.
Firstly, it didn't like MBAM (bad start), so I temporarily uninstalled MBAM.
Then for the past 3 days I've had K7 I was getting BSODs on restart and shutdown, related to fltmgr.sys. I suspected K7 was causing this, as it was the only new app I'd installed, and I don't have the knowledge to look at dumps etc

So earlier I thoroughly uninstalled K7 (including using their tool), and as a parting shot it delivered another BSOD with one of its own drivers.

All seems fine now that it's gone. Your experience may have been different, but this AV was unusable for me.

 

K7.?
Thats a new one on me.

 

http://www.k7computing.co.uk/compare_products.php

Think they've been fairly widely tested (with some success) I'm trying to find some refs to tests to show...
http://www.k7computing.co.uk/awards_certifications.php Think there's more recent tests also...

This was the news last month about the latest version (13.1) which I tried: https://k7press.wordpress.com/2013/...f-the-k7-antivirus-and-security-product-line/

 

Not they're not new, they have been around for a long time

Just FYI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K7_Total_Security

Edit. And here:http://www.k7computing.co.uk/aboutus.php

 

Its been tested by some of the big testing organisations which is good to see,

 

you should have unbinstalled WSA and PF before you test K7 - two firewalls and two scanners are still NO GO same time - never heard about? too bad or you ask K7 support if some issue is known.

 

Yes, of course I'm aware of the usual restrictions about multiple AVs etc, however:
K7 AV Plus doesn't have a firewall: http://www.k7computing.co.uk/compare_products.php

and

http://community.webroot.com/t5/Web...Regarding-Webroot-from-Third-Party/ta-p/20338

http://community.webroot.com/t5/Web...ureAnywhere-Firewall-Compatibility/ta-p/19260

But I do accept that ideally, yes, I should have tried K7 alone, in a VM probably, to get the clearest impression.
But I should have been able to try it as I did....anyway, no big deal.
K7 did seem to run pretty light it's got to be said.