Windows "sbprotect" errors in Event Viewer

While looking into another issue I noticed that starting on January 24, 2024 at 05:51:42 AM (US EST) I started receiving “sbprotect” error messages in my Windows 10 Pro (version 22H2 64-bit, 64 GB RAM) Event Viewer that I’m pretty sure must be related to Avast. I get these about every 10 minutes, and have been unable to find any information via Google searches.

I did not install any software on my PC anytime around that time.

Is this an error that’s affecting my security? Is there a way to prevent these messages in my Event Viewer log?

  • 0 0 2 0 0 0x80000000000000 433458 Application LAPTOP-BPAQ1VM5
  • 2024-01-24T05:51:42 [sbprotect] {00009ee0:000066a0} <5:Fatal> (afed701e7bfe12d2\src\sbprotect\main.cpp:95) ERROR: 0x000000068024A113 OSUtils.cpp:1466