Probably based in the US and as such worthless.

Science based.

I prefer houses not made from the same material the heating system uses for fuel.

ClamAV is slow to get updates and frankly not a great tool to use. AV is a must as isolation and sandboxing are only as good as the next exploit. Not too mention scams like phishing are not stopped by isolation.

Proprietary sure, but how is it privacy invasive let alone invasive on computers?

What non-proprietary option is there? I can’t think of a single antivirus option which is actually remotely decent which is open.

What’s with the diss on Malwarebytes?

The daily mail? Really?

I must admit I do miss r/conspiracy, the stupidity there was something to behold.

This could be an issue where the AMD GPU is only being used. I, like some of the others would suggest Linux Mint.