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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
Yes, it is a false positive. Disable your anti-virus for the time of installation.
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For the issue I've seen with installing a program from the Internet with Windows Defender installed, it is not a false positive since Windows Defender is not detecting it as a virus. What it is seeing is an installation that SmartScreen lacks the information to say if it should be permitted. You can click on the "more information" (*) link and allow the installation -- unless you've followed our corporate lead and set the option to block and blocked users from changing it.
* Not absolutely certain it says "more information" since I haven't seen it in a while since turning SmartScreen off but there is a link that will let you allow the install.