Im not seeing that new file in windows defender but everything else is set to have access. I even tried turning it off temporarily and that didnt help.
I was having the same issue and none of my EA games would work so I figured it might be due to the timed rewards campaign that is being rolled out, so I change my System Time Setting to Manual and changed the date to tomorrow. I then launched my game, and it started right up. I then closed my game, change the System Time back to Auto and corrected the date and the game still launches. Weird, but it fixed the problem for me.
