[TomGuy]

AVG8 -- people describing it as "bloatware".

It is, regrettably.

They added a bunch of stuff that, if all runs, will slow the system to a crawl.

I have most of it shut off because I have a couple of other 'backup' methods for recovery, if necessary.

[Tallguy]

I should say that I’m pretty happy with the paid version of AVG7.5 but I am hesitant about going to version 8.

It seems that the major network security software companies take turns being No.1. After a year or 2 they either screw up or somebody else invents a better mousetrap.