Did your iOS 17 Simulators get deleted recently?
The macOS anti-malware system XProtect got an update a couple of days ago, XProtectPayload 132, it found a false positive in the simulator runtime disk image and so would try and eliminate it. An updated 133 is out, check for updates and it should download the security update.
@AshtonDev It didn't seem like there was any way to actively download an update, but I checked via this method: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254793873?answerId=258939159022&sortBy=best#258939159022
and found that it had been silently updated to 133.
@designatednerd no idea if this actually works or was just a coincidence
sudo softwareupdate --background --include-config
Ashton
Ellen Shapiro