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I haven't seen many problems with Avast. The few times it has misbehaved were on systems completely inundated with warez, trainers, etc. Switching between any two products with the inevitable full-scan would catch something the other didn't.
AVG has shown itself to be a little more robust. They're both good, not perfect. Perfect is pulling the power cord and turning the system into an aquarium.
My favorite AV is NOD32, though $40/yr isn't competitive. Symantec AV (corporate) works quite well (and isn't a pig) for customers who can afford the minimum.
My work log shows Norton products as a great source of job security since the 2005 nightmare release. Seriously, I've made more removing Norton 05/06 from customer systems than I ever did removing Blaster.
Just looking at just the last six months, Norton is losing some ground. McAfee is tied with SpySweeper for the coveted Bloated Racing Stripe from Hell award.
Q- "Leela, help me install this racing stripe. It'll make us go faster."
L- "And what's your scientific basis for that?"
Q- "I'm twelve? Duh."
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There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195
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