Windows 10: "Bad Image" error on my DLL after Windows Update KB4592438

Temporary solution: Uninstalling update KB4592438 fixed the problem -- for now.

The problem is that I receive a "Bad Image" error when an application tries to open and loads a DLL, saying
"...dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error".

The application is over 20 years old, completely unsupported, something I use pretty much all day every day, and very important to me.
Until now I've been impressed that Windows has continued to support it this long.

I'm guessing that this security update thinks there's something wrong and perhaps dangerous about the application.
How can I certify to the update that the application is OK?

"SFC /scannow" says all is well. Reloading the application produced the same result.
I don't see anything anywhere in the Event Viewer at the time of the problem.
No problems are reported by Microsoft Security.

:)

 

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Have an unusual problem (to me anyway)

Last week I got "Bad Image" errors with Adobe Lightroom (the program had worked OK previously). Two .dll files were listed as corrupt and in Explorer both were shown has having 0 bytes size. Re-installation resolved the problem.
Today I have had the same "bad image" error with another program. Techsmith SnagIt. Once again it was .dll files and they show in explorer as 0 bytes. The timestamp on the 0 byte dlls is the time of the error i.e. today (not when the files were installed).

What I've done so far :
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Ran Malwarebytes - no problems reported

Went to the properties for the disk drive and under "Tools" ran error check - nothing found
The disk is an SSD so I went to Samsung Magician which shows drive condition as good and S.M.A.R.T. shows wear levelling count at Current Value 99. I do not use Rapid Mode.

The problems are happening on a Samsung 850 Evo 500GB

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