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Constant BSOD - BAD_POOL_CALLER/HEADER


I've been getting this BSOD for quite a while now, I've re-seated my RAM, lowered my CPU overclock back to stock, updated my drivers and removed my killer network driver and replaced it with a more stable one. Pretty much ran out of options on my end & find this pretty difficult to fix as I've never had such problem with my other computers I've built before. Thanks in advance!
  • MORNINGSTAR-22_06_2016_193813_59.zip (987.5 KB, 2 views)

The latest dump indicates a problem with mwac.syswhich belongs to Malwarebytes Anti-malware.

Code:
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for mwac.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for mwac.sys
What anti-virus are you using? If it's BitDefender, see here: BSOD - BSOD, Crashes, Kernel Debugging - Malwarebytes blog, see if that resolves the problem.

If not, uninstall Malwarebytes Anti-malware following Maurice's instructions here: BSOD - BSOD, Crashes, Kernel Debugging - Malwarebytes blog

You also have Driver Verifier enabled, why?

Code:
Verify Flags Level 0x000209bb    STANDARD FLAGS:     [X] (0x00000000) Automatic Checks     [X] (0x00000001) Special pool     [X] (0x00000002) Force IRQL checking     [X] (0x00000008) Pool tracking     [X] (0x00000010) I/O verification     [X] (0x00000020) Deadlock detection     [X] (0x00000080) DMA checking     [X] (0x00000100) Security checks     [X] (0x00000800) Miscellaneous checks     [X] (0x00020000) DDI compliance checking    ADDITIONAL FLAGS:     [ ] (0x00000004) Randomized low resources simulation     [ ] (0x00000200) Force pending I/O requests     [ ] (0x00000400) IRP logging     [ ] (0x00002000) Invariant MDL checking for stack     [ ] (0x00004000) Invariant MDL checking for driver     [ ] (0x00008000) Power framework delay fuzzing     [ ] (0x00040000) Systematic low resources simulation     [ ] (0x00080000) DDI compliance checking (additional)     [ ] (0x00200000) NDIS/WIFI verification     [ ] (0x00800000) Kernel synchronization delay fuzzing     [ ] (0x01000000) VM switch verification      [X] Indicates flag is enabled   Summary of All Verifier Statistics    RaiseIrqls           0x0   AcquireSpinLocks     0x0   Synch Executions     0x0   Trims                0x0    Pool Allocations Attempted             0x9ab905   Pool Allocations Succeeded             0x9ab905   Pool Allocations Succeeded SpecialPool 0x9ab905   Pool Allocations With NO TAG           0x0   Pool Allocations Failed                0x0

You also have Driver Verifier enabled, why?

Code:
Verify Flags Level 0x000209bb    STANDARD FLAGS:     [X] (0x00000000) Automatic Checks     [X] (0x00000001) Special pool     [X] (0x00000002) Force IRQL checking     [X] (0x00000008) Pool tracking     [X] (0x00000010) I/O verification     [X] (0x00000020) Deadlock detection     [X] (0x00000080) DMA checking     [X] (0x00000100) Security checks     [X] (0x00000800) Miscellaneous checks     [X] (0x00020000) DDI compliance checking    ADDITIONAL FLAGS:     [ ] (0x00000004) Randomized low resources simulation     [ ] (0x00000200) Force pending I/O requests     [ ] (0x00000400) IRP logging     [ ] (0x00002000) Invariant MDL checking for stack     [ ] (0x00004000) Invariant MDL checking for driver     [ ] (0x00008000) Power framework delay fuzzing     [ ] (0x00040000) Systematic low resources simulation     [ ] (0x00080000) DDI compliance checking (additional)     [ ] (0x00200000) NDIS/WIFI verification     [ ] (0x00800000) Kernel synchronization delay fuzzing     [ ] (0x01000000) VM switch verification      [X] Indicates flag is enabled   Summary of All Verifier Statistics    RaiseIrqls           0x0   AcquireSpinLocks     0x0   Synch Executions     0x0   Trims                0x0    Pool Allocations Attempted             0x9ab905   Pool Allocations Succeeded             0x9ab905   Pool Allocations Succeeded SpecialPool 0x9ab905   Pool Allocations With NO TAG           0x0   Pool Allocations Failed                0x0
One of the "fixes" I found online was doing that, when I saw it wasn't successful I didn't know how to revert the change.
Thanks so much for the mwac.sys fix! I really appreciate it, you're a life saver!

See Part 3 here:
Driver Verifier - Enable and Disable in Windows 10

Constant BSOD - BAD_POOL_CALLER/HEADER