Bitdefender flagged this as a virus.
Ayee bitdefender says:
Detection: Program:Win32/Wacapew.C!ml
On the exe file EMOTO.exe
ChatGPT said that it's a trojan like virus, that monitors keystrokes and whatnot..
and questioning/probing further, the bot says: no it doesn't have to be dangerous at all, but that is more or less what that virus does, if it is.
But, out of all viruses, it's the kind of type one (or I) really aren't feeling too comfortable gambling about.
Not to inflate suspicion or anything, this is just my understanding, and with everything on internet it's up to oneself, there are no guarantees ever.
But it would be nice if there was a way to get to the bottom of this, as this game looks and seems really good!
Worst to worst, I will play it before I do a full reset, which I am bound to do soon anyway

. Migrating to Linux, dual booting fyi.