error at building wheel for Pyinstaller (PEP 517)

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[rzimmerdev]

If using Windows OS, verify under Start > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Security > Virus & threat protection > Protection History if Windows is identifying the file for installing PyInstaller with Pip as potential malware and thus blocking it. Worked for me.

[iskmac]

I got the same error and I had solved this by the following command: easy_install pyinstaller