Windows Defender is the only good anti-virus solution there is.
Everything else is malware/bloatware and even spyware.
In fairness, for the most part, yeah, being the default option for Windows, it is actually pretty good. Obviously there are some paid options out there that are just as good if not better. But... Majority of options out there, whether free or paid for, often have the same singular issue of consuming resources like crazy, and often leading to slowed systems unlike Windows Defender or other options that are actually built good enough to not do that kind of thing.
This is the first time yea, I guess it may be a false positive however I don't know why windows defender only decided NOW that it was an issue.
Actually I have to wonder, as since I'm running on a somewhat old build of Windows 10 (I still get updates tho for my windows defender despite having not updated my os in... awhile to say the least.) but, from scanning both the zip file, and an extracted instance of the game, The zip caused windows defender to effectively hang from what I could see, probably because windows defender sometimes isn't bright enough or something idk. While scanning an extracted instance of the game completed, and actually pulled up no threats that were found.
And what I wonder is, if your on windows 10, or windows 11. There might be a difference in how windows defender operates between the two versions of Windows.