• Joel (3/3) Aug 14 2016 I can't install DMD, because Windows defender says the install
• rikki cattermole (10/13) Aug 14 2016 Windows Defender is fairly false positive heavy, I usually disable it in...
• Joel (2/18) Aug 14 2016 Thanks rikki.
• Kagamin (4/5) Aug 15 2016 Did you install it? Try to copy the installed files to a folder
• Seb (4/7) Aug 15 2016 this seems to be a recent issue & at least you aren't alone with

Joel <joelcnz gmail.com> writes:

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

rikki cattermole <rikki cattermole.co.nz> writes:

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

Joel <joelcnz gmail.com> writes:

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.

Kagamin <spam here.lot> writes:

On Monday, 15 August 2016 at 06:51:35 UTC, Joel wrote:
 Thanks rikki.

Did you install it? Try to copy the installed files to a folder 
visible to windows defender, maybe only one file is a culprit - 
which one?

Seb <seb wilzba.ch> writes:

On Monday, 15 August 2016 at 06:20:55 UTC, 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

this seems to be a recent issue & at least you aren't alone with 
this problem:

http://forum.dlang.org/post/cvsrmxfryidhizacceeg forum.dlang.org