I ran in the same problem. In the office we have Windows Defender, no options to disable it. I decided to install the latest Nim version not triggering the malware false alarm, i.e. Nim 1.4.4.
After downloading chosenim.zip (to me it worked with chosenim 0.7.4, this is the version dom96 is linking for Windows... I'm afraid later version have been compiled with new Nim compiler... maybe it safer to stay with 0.7.4 version) here: > <https://github.com/dom96/choosenim> I unzipped the content and replaced one line in runme.bat .\choosenim\choosenim.exe stable --firstInstall Run with .\choosenim\choosenim.exe 1.4.4 --firstInstall Run And I had no problems since then. I built just a few binaries over time, none triggering antivirus/antimalware alarms. You may lose some improvements and corrections introduced between 1.4.4 an 1.6.6 that most likely will not impact your programming experience. I encourage to use it. Nim is fun, powerful and productive... Yeah, 1.4.4 too.
