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8196 :: Windows blocking Nim installation

• ToTallToBeAHobbit (orginal) [2021-07-05T01:09:13+02:00] view original

  Hi,

  I'm having a look at Nim as an alternative for some of the database work I undertake.

  Has anyone else had a Windows Defender message blocking the download of the 64 bit zip file. Basically it thought there was a virus on board. I also run Malwarebytes, which didn't issue a warning.

  I've added an extension to VS Code in the meanwhile.

  Thanks in advance for any info.

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• marcomq (orginal) [2021-07-05T08:10:07+02:00] view original

  There have been recent Virus warnings for nimble & nim https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/8008#51817 Not sure if this happens all the time or how to solve it. I'm still using an old version to avoid virus warnings, but this probably isn't the best solution.

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• enthus1ast (orginal) [2021-07-05T16:55:20+02:00] view original

  You can report false positives here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/filesubmission

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• sdmcallister (orginal) [2021-07-05T19:05:33+02:00] view original

  I had to work with the security group at my work to create the necessary exceptions. I'm currently using version 1.4.8. I install via the manual process not choosenim.

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• Scotpip (orginal) [2021-07-05T23:28:49+02:00] view original

  I've had the same issue. If you control security on the PC it's relatively trivial to fix.

  To download, I temporarily disabled Defender real-time protection.

  But it was also blocking Nim from running. You solve that by whitelisting the Nim folder in Defender's settings.

  Just google for the details if you can't find the settings in Defender.

  But don't do what I did - I was distracted by working out a fix and downloaded the 32 bit version in error - which led to a mysterious bug...

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• ToTallToBeAHobbit (orginal) [2021-07-10T07:03:11+02:00] view original

  Thanks to all who replied!

  Might just need to get coding!

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• marcomq (orginal) [2021-08-22T18:07:36+02:00] view original

  Would it have any positive effect if multiple people submit the nim files on https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/filesubmission Currently, I get "nimble" and "testament" reported as "potentially unwanted applications". I just submitted them as "false positive" but no idea if this will have any impact.

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• PMunch (orginal) [2021-08-23T08:13:42+02:00] view original

  Probably would help to have multiple reports yes

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