Its not. The rare occasions of posters that made a thread posting about locking up/crashing fixed there problems by installing updated c++ redistributables.
Your c++ redistributable installs should look like this:
https://imgur.com/a/7ITyigb
when using 1709 and this, you shouldnt crash or have freezes anymore. But patch is on the way anyways.
I cant sort out your specific problem without knowing tons of more info. Could be anything from conflicting software stuff running in the background you all of a sudden install again and again, up to hardware problems.
But dont be mad at me, its not my fault, just bringing the bad news to you. Its not like everyone is crashing left and right, problem was more that people are getting 5-10s freezes.