windows quick virus scan

[Sam Overdorf]

I'll try that.

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 4:59 PM Luke Bakken <luke@REDACTED> wrote:
>
> I'm not suggesting that you *permanently* disable MS Defender, just do
> so to test that it is in fact the problem.
>
> If you determine it to be the issue you should be able to exclude the
> Erlang installation directory from scanning.
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 4:09 PM Sam Overdorf <soverdor@REDACTED> wrote:
> >
> > I always use the latest version currently 24.3.3.
> > I use Microsoft Defender for virus protection.
> > I don't want to disable it because it checks for viruses.
> > Thanks,
> > Sam
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 3:44 PM Luke Bakken <luke@REDACTED> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Sam,
> > >
> > > What version of Erlang are you using? Older versions started up slowly
> > > on Windows due to a bug - https://github.com/erlang/otp/issues/4193
> > >
> > > If you completely disable virus scanning on your machine, is the issue resolved?
> > >
> > > I use Windows to do Erlang development and do not experience these
> > > issues, even with anti-virus software running.