Aruino IDE warns of virus when compiling Azurewave Thing Plus code

I get the following error when trying to compile code for your Azurewave Thing Plus board. I uninstalled and re-installed the board - no joy. Any suggetions?

Compilation error: fork/exec C:\Users\ldbro\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\realtek\tools\ameba_d_tools\1.1.2/postbuild_img2_arduino_windows.exe: Operation did not complete successfully because the file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software.

It looks like an issue w/ windows defender; https://github.com/pvvx/RtlDuino/issues/9

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/win … b2f36ae783

There are more methods mentioned in these, but I’d try the above first

https://www.google.com/search?q=postbui … d+software