In programming, a "hook" is a method that intercepts system events or messages. In the context of Medal:
Since antivirus is the primary culprit, you need to tell it to leave alone. medal-hook64.dll
It has been identified as a cause for "unrecoverable errors" and crashes in games like Microsoft Flight Simulator Software Conflicts: In programming, a "hook" is a method that
Use from Microsoft Sysinternals to find any startup entries referencing the DLL. medal-hook64.dll