Game Freezes after August 8 Patch Update

Same, ever since the update my game crashes on startup unless I turn off my antivirus. If I turn the antivirus back on while in-game it crashes the second I open the gallery. I question if it's something to do with the coding on the latest update. Either way I've spent way too much money on this game for them to come out with a botched update then force us to install it, making the game unplayable.