MFC Program Deployment flagged as Virus by Windows Defender

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Using VS2019 I have a simple C++ MFC program.

I used VS Deployment capability to create a MSI package that can be downloaded so my program can be used by another person/computer.

Windows Defender AntiVirus identifies the MSI package as having a virus and does not let the package download.

If I manually load the MSI file on a WIN10 computer - then Defender does not let it execute stating that it contains a virus.

Defender has no issue with my MFC C++ exe file -- only the MSI file that was created.

Question is how to resolve this?

Why would Microsoft's own deployment process create a MSI file that Windows Defender would then say that it contained a virus?

Thanks for any comments.

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