On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 6:42:15 AM UTC+8, Buffalo wrote:
 
> Well, I believe I have the latest Avast free version ( 2015.10.0.2208) and I 
> have no Appearance showing up when I click on Settings. Perhaps they are 
> configured differently.
> Checking the "Silent gaming mode" option does the trick for me.
>  

Switch to MS SE.  It's a lot less resource heavy and pretty much (within 10% or
so) the same as the others.  For a paid AV I hear Norton now is pretty decent,
as is F-Secure.

RL
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