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This explains yesterday's foibles.  I was unable to log into any of my hosts on 6 robot computers.  They were reachable.  Today all is fine.
I have a mix of 7.1 & 7.2 hosts due to the malware issue with 7.1 and defender on Windows 8.1 I have not put an exception record on my 8.1 robots.

I was asked to clarify whether our issue is with Windows Defender or BitDefender.  This is a variation, but may be of some help in trying to noodle the solution.  The answer - Windows Defender on Windows 8.1.  My Windows 10 machines using Windows Defender are not having an issue.  I tried version 6.1 host.msi and it installed, but I could not access it with the viewer7.1.2  So I turned off Defender and the host7.1.2 installed.    I then installed Avast Free and the system is working.  I will not update any more of my Windows 8.1 robots to the new host until forced to.

The funky warning in the bottom right corner is a nuisance on our unmanned robots.

Hope this helps someone else.  Jon Otto

Defender is reporting Host 7.1.2.0 as Malware and removing it from the system.  Unfortunately I did a remote install of host on this robot computer.  I will try an old version of host6.10.msi.  Window 8.1