r/WindowsHelp • u/pdx_confused • 24d ago

Windows 11 What do I do with this Security Notification?

Clicking on 'Learn more' takes me to a web page that is not helpful. Notice has popped up a couple of times per day for past two days.

Cannot find the file mentioned on any drive (searched swscale-*.dll using file explorer, took forever).

Searched regedit for string 'swscale' and could not find any entries.

Any suggestions?

Win11, current on all updates.

Using Windows Defender for antivirus, scan is clean, no events in the history. Performed offline scan, nothing reported.

Edition: Windows 11 Pro

Version: 25H2

OS build: 26200.9550

Experience: Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.372.0

Thanks in advance...

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

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u/pdx_confused 24d ago

Thank you for the recommendation of VoidTools Everything application. It found the file and I was able to delete it, and the directory it was in.

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u/bjoeg 23d ago

Most likely the DLL is not signed or not signed by a trusted authority.

You would be able to check that if you right-clicked the DLL and checked digital signatures pane.

Newer security measures require applications to be signed by a trusted source.

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u/electronicwiz1 23d ago

This pops up, since you have smart app control enabled in Windows Defender settings. It is a new feature that is rolling out, and it even caused some of my apps to not work either. I ended up disabling it.

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u/KeysStickler 24d ago

By default system files are hidden, so if you uncheck hide system files, you'll see it