<p dir="auto">I had this issue on several machines running Windows 8.1 x64. <code class="notranslate">atom.exe</code> is flagged due to suspicious activities.</p>
<p dir="auto">The antivirus programs tried:</p>
<ul dir="auto">
<li>Avast</li>
<li>Bitdefender</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">Atom version: 0.136.0</p>
<p dir="auto">From atom 0.136.0, the following two files are falsely detected as: Win32:Malware-gen:<br>
atom-0.136.0\build\windows\Setup.exe<br>
atom-0.136.0\build\windows\Update.exe</p>
<p dir="auto">Avast version: 2015.10.0.2206<br>
Virus signatures version: 141021-0</p>
<p dir="auto">I will also submit this to avast.</p>