"Genuine host process for WIn32 service has encountered a problem..."

[pubah]

Roughly 30 minutes after my computer starts I get a message that "genuine host process for Win32 has encountered a problem and needs to close" then it asks me if I want to report the error to microsoft or not. Regardless of if I click yes or no, then I get a countdown clock come up saying the system must be restarted in 30 seconds. This is not a legitimate windows thing, because it is tripping my anti-virus and anit-malware software. However, none are able to eliminate the problem. My computer will automatically restart, and I launch the anti-virus or anti-malware software, and before the thorough scan finishes, I get the error message again, and the computer restarts. This problem began after a routine Windows security update. Does anyone else experience this? What can I do to fix this? Thanks!!!

-Mitch

[marktreg]

Hello pubah, and welcome to Malwarebytes.org

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