SecureBootEncodeUEFI.exe

Question

While i was playing i saw what looks like a cmd window open and close immediately but i managed to get a screenshot of it. Looking online i barely found any information about it, and i got a bit worried so im making this.

I have never had this happend to me.

I first went to task scheduler to see if there were any tasks that might be suspicious but to no avail. Next i went to the sytem32 folder and searched "SecureBootEncode" and found the .exe and 3 files located in "System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\PI", the files are "SecureBootEncodeUEFI", "Secure-Boot-Update" and "Sqm-Tasks", with no extensions and File type of "File".

I tried to search for the same things on my laptop instead, but i didn't found the .exe, only 2 out of the 3 files, "Secure-Boot-Update" and "Sqm-Tasks".

I tried opening the files in Notepad++ but only "SecureBootEncodeUEFI" could be opened, in XML format, and it looks like a task but with no set trigger.

My Questions are: are all these legit? and what are they exactly? I know they are something related to Secure Boot but i dont know what.

System Info:

Windows 11 version 22H2

Ryzen 5 3600

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650

8GB DDR4 RAM

If it helps i also have PowerToys installed and UEFI is enabled along with TPM.

This is my first time writing here so apologies if this isn't in the correct topics or i got something wrong.

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Answer 1

Getting this issue too

Answer 2

I disabled the task in the scheduler, but also isolated the executable itself. You can just turn it off.

Does disabling it have any negative effects and will i need to reenable it if and when they inevitably do fix it? I'm assuming it's probably used for something but i wanna know how critical it is before i shut it off.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 3

Exactly my thoughts..

Answer 4

While i was playing i saw what looks like a cmd window open and close immediately but i managed to get a screenshot of it. Looking online i barely found any information about it, and i got a bit worried so im making this.

I have never had this happend to me.

I first went to task scheduler to see if there were any tasks that might be suspicious but to no avail. Next i went to the sytem32 folder and searched "SecureBootEncode" and found the .exe and 3 files located in "System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\PI", the files are "SecureBootEncodeUEFI", "Secure-Boot-Update" and "Sqm-Tasks", with no extensions and File type of "File".

I tried to search for the same things on my laptop instead, but i didn't found the .exe, only 2 out of the 3 files, "Secure-Boot-Update" and "Sqm-Tasks".

I tried opening the files in Notepad++ but only "SecureBootEncodeUEFI" could be opened, in XML format, and it looks like a task but with no set trigger.

My Questions are: are all these legit? and what are they exactly? I know they are something related to Secure Boot but i dont know what.

System Info:

Windows 11 version 22H2

Ryzen 5 3600

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650

8GB DDR4 RAM

If it helps i also have PowerToys installed and UEFI is enabled along with TPM.

This is my first time writing here so apologies if this isn't in the correct topics or i got something wrong.

Images:

I get that command too. When I open my computer, I haven't do anything but it just appeared out of nowhere lol