irql_not_less_or_equal natio.sys windows 8.1

[Quick_Question]

My computer is a Lenovo z510 and I started getting this problem after getting Windows 8.1

After a bit of research I have found that this problem is common with computers that McAfee and torrent clients

I have never had McAfee on my computer so to test I opened utorrent for a while and sure enough I got the Blue Screen of Death

My drivers are completely up to date and for the proper OS system and computer however I have heard that Lenovo drivers are not working very well with Windows 8.1 (My friend's computer was crashing and he did some research, may just be a rumor though)

Also I have downloaded the beta version of utorrent to see if the problem only existed in the version I had the answer is no, utorrent is still crashing my computer when I use the beta verosion

Any help at all is appreciated

Regards

[DreadWingKnight]

It's not natio, it's netio.

 

And it means that either the network adapter drivers are bad or your internet security software is bad.

[Quick_Question]

Well what do I do then,

I use avast free and I have tried disabling it and online shields while using utorrent and I have updated all my drivers yet the problem persists

However if I use qbittorrent then there are no issues (I still would like utorrent back I like it more)

[DreadWingKnight]

Have you tried with avast temporarily uninstalled?

 

And how did you update your network drivers?

[Quick_Question]

No I haven't tried with avast temporarily uninstalled because I didn't find anything online that would lead me to believe avast was causing the problem. However if I can't fix the problem I will have to try this 

I updated my drivers by going on google and typing my laptop's model and brand name then adding the word drivers (Basically I searched "Lenovo z510 Drivers)

I went to the network drivers section and updated from there link:http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS037055

Also after a bit more research I found this suggestion

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1653275/fix-irql-equal-error-windows.html

Is it a viable option to use slimcleaner to check for software issues, I did not get a windows 8 cd from the store I bought this computer from (stupid of me I know) so the more complex option the person suggested is not possible for me

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By the way thank you for trying to help

It really means a lot

[DreadWingKnight]

I cannot recommend one way or another on that slimcleaner application. It may point you in the right direction or it may not.

 

All I can say for certain is that the two core causes of netio bluescreens when using uTorrent are broken internet security software and network adapter drivers.

[Firon]

Yeah, bluescreens with netio.sys indicate there's a problem with the network drivers. Sometimes it's security software, so it's often easier to just uninstall Avast than to try getting updates for your network card.

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Is it possible that the problem is simply Lenovo's fault if one types "lenovo irql" into google to get a large amount of complaints from Lenovo users

If that is so then the drivers Lenovo is giving me are faulty, is there any way that I could possibly edit the drivers, or perhaps is there a previous version of the driver that will work or maybe a windows 8 driver will work (utorrent worked fine before I updated windows to 8.1)

[Quick_Question]

Is it possible that the problem is simply Lenovo's fault if one types "lenovo irql" into google to get a large amount of complaints from Lenovo users

If that is so then the drivers Lenovo is giving me are faulty, is there any way that I could possibly edit the drivers, or perhaps is there a previous version of the driver that will work or maybe a windows 8 driver will work (utorrent worked fine before I updated windows to 8.1)

[Quick_Question]

Well anyways problem solved by removing avast using the uninstaller utility from their website replaced with window defender