Windows 11 Unable to access WIndows Defender \ Scans folder to deal with invisible "potentially unwanted app"

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I recently upgraded to Windows 11 from WIndows 10.After doing so I noticed that there was a Windows Defender notificiation, and when opened the Reccomended Actions it brought me to the "App & broser control" window. Here it showed an issue under "Reputation-based protection" but when I hit the "Review" button there were no notifications shown under the "Protection History".As far as I could tell there were no way to determine which app there was an issue with or a way to dismiss the notification.From there I searched for an alternate way to deal with this issue.This thread: https://answers

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