looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
Aren't using Windows Defender? It sounds as if you installed an extra program .My anti virus program saved me with a warning, thank goodness.
Today I was giving permission to a tax software company to retrieve my data from the tax authorities for which they got a code. When I entered it into the program to sync it with the company and the authorities, it collided with Win 11 ransomware protection so that I had to allow W11 to make an exception. This is catch-22. As you are saying, you've never finished learning.