>are there AVs that are less aggressive in this matter by nature? Yes, if you are on windows, just use Windows Defender (AKA Microsoft Security Essentials). Y

>are there AVs that are less aggressive in this matter by nature? Yes, if you are on windows, just use Windows Defender (AKA Microsoft Security Essentials). You'll read how it doesn't detect as much as the others and it doesn't have any fancy features, but all that means is that it won't have a ton of false positives (i've only ever had one false positive with it ever), it won't try to upsell you to a premium service, it can be disabled/turned-off with one click, and most importantly it won't weaken the security of your whole system.