Avast Antivirus historically has one of the highest rates of false positives of all antivirus products tested by AV-Comparatives. Avast Antivirus also has a history of connecting with Google servers to send analytics. The latest version of Avast Antivirus defaults to inserting a promotional advertisement into your outgoing emails. That's the final straw.
Please recommend a gratis (free for personal use) antivirus tool for windows that meets the following requirements:
- Low CPU use during real-time scanning
- Low memory use
- High rate of detection
- Low rate of false positives
- No inserting ads into outgoing emails
- No intrusive advertising popups or nags on the desktop or system tray
- On-demand and real-time scanning
- No (or minimal) extra bulk
- Can be uninstalled cleanly
- No connecting to Google Analytics or other similar operations
I am not concerned about CPU use during on-demand scanning.
Based on these simple requirements, the following do not qualify (based on current AV-Comparatives testing): Avast, AVG, Trend Micro, Baidu, F-Secure, ThreatTrack Vipre, Fortinet, Panda, Quick Heal, Lavasoft, and BullGuard.