If Avast considers it a threat, it should be removed with a notification instead of being blocked silently.
When I failed to run the exe file, I thought it was incompatible with Windows 10 and thus contacted the author, who then told me there was nothing wrong with it and the problem might have to do my antivirus.
Avast did not block it in the past but blocks it at present. If it was malware, Avast should have removed it long ago. I have long been using it, and Avast did not block it until recently.
To Eddy: Where are the log files?
To Pondus: Did you download the zip file from Dropbox or MediaFire?
An Avast Technical Support Specialist just told me by email that s/he was escalating the ticket to the Virus Lab to analyse the problem.
Avast database had also been updated because the file was removed with a notification when I tried to run it a few minutes ago.
I wonder why a few days ago there was no notification when Avast blocked it. Avast should notify the user no matter whether a file is blocked or removed.