I'm running Windows 10, and just downloaded and installed the most current (as of 15 Apr 2016) version of Arduino.
Now I'm getting malware notices from my virus scanning programs, and Windows firewall is even blocking some of the activity. This is all in the last 6 hours.
I have seen some other posts on this forum discussing the malware notices as false positives - but those discussions go back to 2013 (and nothing I can find is more recent).
Is anyone else having similar issues?
I don't have Windows 10, but just an observation, it may help others to answer your question if you say exactly what version from what exact URL did you download. And what virus scanning program, what version, and what virus images or signatures update you have.
Downloaded from: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
Virus scanner: Webroot.
'Virus images or signatures update'? I'm not much knowledgeable with software, so I will be honest I don't know what;s being asked for here.
The Windows firewall issue was trying to ask for or block permissions for Java to communicate over certain public or private networks, which I blocked all. Twice. Then it stopped.
Webroot alerted me to malware during the download, but I've seen nothing since. I have scanned my computer twice now, and it was clean both times.
Hopefully there's no lingering issue, then, and it was just a false positive? But I would like to be sure, and am wondering what others have gone through concerning this.
'Virus images or signatures update'?
New viruses are detected all the time; some are slight modifications of existing ones (compare this with the flue virus that changes every year) and others are new ones.
Your virus scanner wants to update to get the latest definitions (signatures) so it can detect those 'new' viruses.
The Windows firewall issue was trying to ask for or block permissions for Java to communicate over certain public or private networks, which I blocked all.
Sometimes bugs are found in the Java Runtime Environment; I think that Jave wants to check if there is an updated version available; if so; it performs the same function as Windows Update (although that is not blocked by Windows).