Blue screen of death (BSOD) is blue screen warning displayed on a computer hosting Windows operating system and occurs due to interruption of operation. Moreover, BSOD is a failure of Windows operating system (OS) that indicates the occurrence of a STOP error or sometimes called STOP screen. The STOP error in the Windows OS occurs when an undesirable activity occurs in spite of the efforts of the OS to prevent it from happening in the first place. It results from a driver software error or failures in the hardware of the platform that host the Windows OS.
Some common causes of a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) on Windows platforms include the following failures or attacks:
- Malware
- Computer drivers
- Software
- Hardware
- Overheating of computer