I think one of the biggest reasons I dislike most paid, heck even most free anti virus programs these days is that even on a good system it really can drag a system down with all the stuff going on in the background. I have worked on systems that were super snappy and then after installing the customers preferred Anti virus software the thing turns into a turd. That was one of the reasons I really liked Avast because you could custom install and turn off all the scanners you didn't need. I personally hated the idea of a file scanner because every little thing you did on your computer took twice to three times as long. Especially if you had a slower hard drive. Now with my SSD I hardly noticed it. But most folks I know still have not made a transition to that technology.
But for the folks that really don't know how to harden their system I can understand the file scanner thing.
Now the whole thing Moonchild was talking about.
With this kind of internet security (IS) setup "checking' your https traffic, they become a man in the middle (because encrypted traffic can't be inspected)
I'm wondering if it does that even at it's basic install?
Or do you have to install the web monitoring part?