Bad Office Click-to-Run (and installed MSI version?) update blamed for Outlook freeze

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Had a problem with Outlook (need for work) today.
Changed a lot of things on my laptop, but it's a bad office update

Lots of reports this morning about Outlook freezing on start.

Bad Office Click-to-Run (and installed MSI version?) update blamed for Outlook freeze @ AskWoody

www.askwoody.com

For me, the solution/workaround was stop using Microsoft Defender (configured by ConfigureDefender) and go back to Kaspersky Security Cloud Free.
No more Outlook crashes
Just must update my security configuration again...

 

[upnorth]

Did you never get the latest version of F-Secure?

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Did you never get the latest version of F-Secure?

I don't think so.
With the previous update I got a mail from my ISP Ziggo to warn me of potential problems with the upgrade.
From the installer I can't find the version of F-Secure.
The latest installer says:

Haven't tried it now Kaspersky Security Cloud 21.1.15.500 is working fine here.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Some more info on the Outlook crash:

Microsoft says Outlook on the desktop is down due to some "recent updates" [Update]

Microsoft has acknowledged that a "recent update" is causing Outlook outages. It is not clear if the problem was caused by the latest cumulative updates. Users can use the web app in the interim.

www.neowin.net

On reddit a roll back to an older Outlook version seems to do the trick:

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Some more info about this incident:

Outlook went down for four hours Wednesday. What happened?

The version of Outlook that runs on Windows PCs suddenly stopped working worldwide on Wednesday. The outage wasn’t caused by a bad patch. It wasn’t restored by an update. Microsoft isn’t saying much, but there’s a plausible explanation - and it’s disconcerting.

www.computerworld.com

 

[harlan4096]

I don't think so.
With the previous update I got a mail from my ISP Ziggo to warn me of potential problems with the upgrade.
From the installer I can't find the version of F-Secure.
The latest installer says:
View attachment 244326
Haven't tried it now Kaspersky Security Cloud 21.1.15.500 is working fine here.

Wow!!! You got KSC 21.1.15.500!!!! THAT MEANS KASPERSKY IS DELIVERING DIRECTLY K2021MR1, its beta testing finished/was closed 4 days ago!!!

KAV\KIS\KTS\KFA\KS\KSOS: 21.1.15.500

Good news for everyone! A new version of the beta build is available for download and testing. You can download the version from the links below Download Can be activated only through Internet. Beta-license is valid for 90 days. Before installa...

eap.kaspersky.com

21.1 testing is completed

Nevertheless, I congratulate everyone (the Kaspersky team, testers, and all other users) on the end of this testing sub-season. I hope that in the future I will join the testing again as it was in the period from 2017 (17) to 2020 (20) versions.

eap.kaspersky.com

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Wow!!! You got KSC 21.1.15.500!!!! THAT MEANS KASPERSKY IS DELIVERING DIRECTLY K2021MR1, its beta testing finished/was closed 4 days ago!!!

KAV\KIS\KTS\KFA\KS\KSOS: 21.1.15.500

Good news for everyone! A new version of the beta build is available for download and testing. You can download the version from the links below Download Can be activated only through Internet. Beta-license is valid for 90 days. Before installa...

eap.kaspersky.com

21.1 testing is completed

Nevertheless, I congratulate everyone (the Kaspersky team, testers, and all other users) on the end of this testing sub-season. I hope that in the future I will join the testing again as it was in the period from 2017 (17) to 2020 (20) versions.

eap.kaspersky.com

Yes, and even in Dutch: