Virus detected

[Joel via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Monday, 15 August 2016 at 06:28:54 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
> On 15/08/2016 6:20 PM, Joel wrote:
>> I can't install DMD, because Windows defender says the install 
>> file has
>> a virus and wipes it off.
>>
>> I'm using a Windows 10 pro OS. DMD 2.071.1
>
> Windows Defender is fairly false positive heavy, I usually 
> disable it in favor of Avast.
>
> The problem relates to dmd and Optlink, they are old coding 
> style and very obvious what they are doing (code generation) 
> which is usually not a good thing.
>
> Alternately you can just exclude it from a set directory[0] 
> which I also do for Avast (why would I wait for it to scan 
> programs that I COMPILED!).
>
> [0] 
> https://support.microsoft.com/en-nz/instantanswers/64495205-6ddb-4da1-8534-1aeaf64c0af8/add-an-exclusion-to-windows-defender

Thanks rikki.