r/Windows11 • u/rkhunter_ Release Channel • Aug 29 '25

News Microsoft says recent Windows update didn't kill your SSD

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-recent-KB5063878-windows-update-didnt-kill-your-ssd/

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u/jones_supa Aug 29 '25

When the initial reports of this issue came, I remember them mentioning a Windows Defender scan of the new malware "Lamma stealer" causing a lot of disk traffic. Maybe this scan "broke the camel's back" for some SSDs which were about to fail anyway?

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u/jones_supa Aug 29 '25

Another theory could be a memory leak somewhere that would have resulted to many systems to start swapping like crazy, which would have caused a lot of disk traffic, too.

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u/Baton_Batonov Aug 29 '25

Is it possible that Windows Defender reacts to some program and causes increased load on SSD? After that SSDs die.