windows quick virus scan

[Sam Overdorf]

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.
>
> Thanks -
> Luke
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 3:11 PM Sam Overdorf <soverdor@REDACTED> wrote:
> >
> > Sometimes it takes 1.5 Min to start up using "erl" or "escript" (which
> > is very annoying).
> > I can see microsoft scanning by using "taskmgr".
> > After it finishes the quick scan then erlang startsup and seems to
> > work just fine.
> > I like erlang and would like to figure out what my problem is.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sam
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 3:03 PM Luke Bakken <luke@REDACTED> wrote:
> > >
> > > It doesn't, so you'll have to provide more information -
> > >
> > > * How are you running Erlang?
> > > * What evidence of "virus scans" is there? Do you have event log entries?
> > > * Can you enable ProcMon and filter by the Erlang executable to see
> > > everything it's doing?
> > >
> > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 3:00 PM Sam Overdorf <soverdor@REDACTED> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have asked this before.
> > > > why does erlang cause random quick virus scans on my windows 10?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Sam
> > > > soverdor@REDACTED