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Subject: Avast anti-virus quarantining 9.9 RDI.exe
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Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 12:20:16 -0800
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After RDI.EXE vanished when trying to activate 9.9 and when trying to
install from the Eclipse Marketplace, I found my (current) free version of
Avast was the culprit (life lesson: never run Avast in silent mode when
you're installing new code).

The malicious code was identified as "IDP.generic" and Google
research (which is never wrong) suggests it's a frequent false positive.

In my next install, I'll get RDi updated first and then add an exclusion to
Avast before starting the install cleanup.

More adventures. Sigh.

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