Startup is very slow when Bitdefender is active
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Description
### Expected Behavior
Startup takes roughly the same time with or without Bitdefender is active.
### Actual Behavior
Startup takes ~30 seconds when Bitdefender Shield is active.
### Reproduction Steps
1. Make sure that Bitdefender Shield is active:

2. Start Insomnia
### Is there an existing issue for this?
- [X] I have searched the [issue tracker](https://www.github.com/Kong/insomnia/issues) for this problem.
### Additional Information
[Postman seems to have the same issue](https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/11115)
My setup:

### Insomnia Version
8.4.2
### What operating system are you using?
Windows
### Operating System Version
Windows 11 Pro
### Installation method
Download from web site, I think
### Last Known Working Insomnia version
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
No source file, test, or entry point is identified. Reproduce startup on Windows 11 with Bitdefender Shield enabled and disabled, then trace the startup path to identify the delay. Done means startup no longer takes roughly 30 seconds with Bitdefender active.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- electron, typescript
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100