# 10. Nahimic A-Volute software on the PC  causes crashes and unexpected behavior

If you have this on your computer, remove it immediately. Many sources report this as malware too. We have seen this recently on another user's computer and it was the cause of issues.

New MSI motherboards (including Z890) ship with Realtek audio drivers bundled with Nahimic / A-Volute enhancements, even if the user never knowingly installed Nahimic.

These modules **inject themselves into every audio process**, including DAWs and audio plugins/hosts. MP Host is an audio-real-time application, so these DLL injections can easily cause:

<div id="bkmrk-startup-crashes-rand">- startup crashes
- random crashes when loading plugins
- UI freezes
- high CPU spikes
- audio engine instability

</div>##### MSI motherboards systems nearly always have A-Volute/Nahimic active

Even if you do not see “Nahimic” installed, MSI bundles it silently inside the **Realtek Audio Console**, and it still loads the DLLs.

I have seen multiple crash logs where `NahimicOSD.dll` injects into audio processes and triggers a crash in:

<div id="bkmrk-juce-based-apps-vst-">- JUCE-based apps
- VST hosts
- Audio processing threads

</div>MP Host is especially sensitive to such injections.

If you open Windows Services you will see if there is a Nahimic service running.  
and check C:\\ProgramData\\A-Volute\\ if it exists.

<div id="bkmrk-disable-the-nahimic-">**Disable the Nahimic service**  
Run PowerShell (run as Admin): </div><div id="bkmrk-%C2%A0%C2%A0"> </div><div id="bkmrk-sc-stop-nahimicservi">sc stop NahimicService  
sc config NahimicService start= disabled</div><div id="bkmrk-sc-stop-avoluteservi">sc stop AVoluteService  
sc config AVoluteService start= disabled  
  
rename or delete if you can these folders:</div><div id="bkmrk-c%3A%5Cprogramdata%5Ca-vol">C:\ProgramData\A-Volute\  
C:\Program Files\A-Volute\  
</div><div id="bkmrk-"></div><div id="bkmrk-uninstall-the-a-volu">**<span style="font-size: small;">Uninstall the A-Volute / Nahimic components</span>**</div>In **Apps &amp; Features**, uninstall any of the following:

<div id="bkmrk-nahimic-msi-sound-tu">- Nahimic
- MSI Sound Tune
- A-Volute Audio Effects
- Sonic Studio 3
- Realtek Audio Console (with Nahimic extension)

</div>Then reinstall Realtek drivers WITHOUT Nahimic.

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