# My Processing 4.0 will not open

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/my-processing-4-0-will-not-open/35359>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [February 21, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/my-processing-4-0-will-not-open/35359 "2022-02-21T14:03:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/my-processing-4-0-will-not-open/35359/2 "2022-02-21T14:46:16Z")

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Hello,

It may be related to this topic:

> [@Virus Trojan Detection with Windows Defender Antivirus on core.jar file in Processing](https://discourse.processing.org/t/virus-trojan-detection-with-windows-defender-antivirus-on-core-jar-file-in-processing/1012/9):
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> And again with the latest Processing 4.0 beta 1 (August 9, 2021) It was fine for a few days… I am getting this as of this morning: It may be a false positive as it was before.

I had this recently with Processing 4.0b6 with Windows Defender on W10:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/e/e24348cef2fc5dc740f1f243708c9cccec0af16d.png)

I did a “Restore” of the file after I tested it here:  
[https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload)

Results:  
[https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/00892e2f09b73df256ebff2caa66361b6c945112f94bf011edac07eb6e7ee08f](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/00892e2f09b73df256ebff2caa66361b6c945112f94bf011edac07eb6e7ee08f)

Note:  
You assume all risks on your own PC when you “Restore” a file.

`:)`

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