Strange, I'm getting a virus warning (Windows 10) when downloading the 1.29.3 version. Maybe somebody should check it out...
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I'm not exactly sure what you mean here. If I were you I would be sure to scan your computer to see if you have an infection. If you suspect it has to do with the Backdrop files (which I doubt), please send further details and screenshots to security@backdropcms.org.
I have just checked on Windows 11 and get no warnings on download. I also scanned the zip with Windows Defender and Malwarebytes and it was all clean.
Update. Sorry for the late update, got side-tracked on another project. Decided to do my site updates today and downloaded the 1.30.0 version. I had NO issues (i.e. virus warnings) with the download. Have no idea what my issue was with the previous try. I did run a couple standard virus checks on my machine and nothing was found. Weird...