I wish I had screenshotted what it told me but sadly I didn’t at the time. At the time I was in a panic because I couldn’t access my site at all. My hosting had to go in and deactivate the plugin for me so I could get back in. I thought about removing and reinstalling but am afraid it would do the same thing again. So sadly, I am no help to pinpoint the cause since I didn’t save what it said.
just in case otherwise – I am using the newest wordpress update (4.7.3) –