Windows 10: Excel asking for a Smart Card but no reader ever installed

When Excel is asked to:
Open a spreadsheet containing unsigned macros, AND
Excel's macro security is set to "Disable all macros except digitally signed macros"
I get a "Connect a smart card" message. The message says it is from "Windows Security" (See attachment.)

I just installed Windows 10 on this machine and there has NEVER been a smart card reader connected to this machine.
I have used services.msc to disable all 3 smart card services and that did not help.
If I click "Cancel" the spreadsheet comes up with macros disabled as it should.

How can I stop Excel/Windows from giving me the Smart Card message.

Many thanks for any help.

(I recently posted a similar question which was resolved but this is a slightly different smart card related problem.)

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