Yep, pretty sure that's what's going on in my computer most of the time (not quite joking : I still can't figure out why I can't switch to a qwerty keyboard layout, but it probably involves a dead cat somewhere in the abyss -- by the way folks PLEASE use physical key mappings for WASD movement T_T)
I was reassured to read the game is virus free, just like I prefer my salads guaranteed gasoline-free (makes you wonder about other salads that are not guaranteed so, right ?)
A suggestion if I may : deletion task timers in windows have consistently been erratic across eras (https://xkcd.com/612/), I think there was a nice opportunity for a joke (but also a perhaps a grace period/ray of hope for the slow like me who struggle with the 283 seconds time limit)