Windows Defender Reporting Malware

[Neal]

I'm just letting you know that Windows Defender on Windows 10 is stating that the latest RC1 is malware and it therefore removes the files.

Just letting you know should other people have issues

 

[Bob]

Thanks for the heads up.. its a False Positive, same as this: Not a Bug - Tried to download latest version got a Trojan alert!

 

[Neal]

Yup, sorry never found that other thread. My report below:

 

[Bob]

Yup, same exact thing that has been reported to MS for almost a year now (even by Google Developers).

 

[cdub]

Another reason not to run Windows. That's a joke. I'm not trying to start on OS war.

Although I'm running ChromeOS with Linux in a window for my non-work computer.