gcc on Windows: generated “a.exe” file vanishes

Question

I\'m using GCC version 4.7.1, but I\'ve also tried this on GCC 4.8. Here is the code I\'m trying to compile:

#include 

void print(int amount)         


        

Answer 1

You can stop your antivirus software from deleting your .exe by specifying the full file path (for eg: c:\MyProject) in the 'paths to be excluded from scanning' section of the antivirus software.

Answer 2

I confirm is due to Antivirus.
I did this test:
compile helloworld.c at t=0;
within 1 second tell McAfee not consider helloworld.exe a threat. >> the file is still there
If I am too slow, the file will be deleted.