Just in case you're interested Mike:
Comodo Internet Security. It's a free AV & firewall combo. I suggest a custom install and turning off the Ask.com searchbar and the GeekBuddy installations. It's not nagware, malware, shareware, etc. The Ask.com and Geekbuddy things are the only issues; both can be separately uninstalled without any loss of functionality.
I mention it simply because it allows temporarily turning off scanning and excluding a specific file path.