Windows Defender blocks execution when a program is creating HTML files dynamically...How to mitigate?

Question

I use a tool called Inform 7. It's a tool to create interactive stories.

The ni.exe compiler runs first against your source code to pre-compile the story into Inform 6, which then turns it into a story file. During the ni process, dynamic help is generated in the form of html so you can see static information about your story (like the map, the objects, the vocabulary, and more).

This process is blocked by Windows Defender and takes 20s or more to complete. If I add ni.exe to the process exemption list, the compile time is 1s.

Of course leaving a process open to free execution is dangerous and I'd rather not do that. So...

Is there something that can be done to make ni.exe run and dynamically create its html help, without Defender blocking it?

Answer 1

Since this is primarily a consumer specific forum you might prefer to seek advice regarding your question in the Technet forum: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Search/en-US/Technet?query=Windows%20Defender&beta=0&ac=2