I think I'll leave this "roll-up" alone for awhile considering your (NoelC) experiences with it. Also since you mentioned it in this forum, I would like to know why you have been wanting to dump Avast antivirus for awhile. I was using it on Windows 7 but I switched to the free version of Bitdefender on my new laptop with Windows 8.1 OS. I made this decision after researching the current market of antivirus applications and found most of the reviewers had high praises for it. It also picked up several "best of" awards in the last several years. Another plus is it does scans while your computer is idle completely on it's own. It is truly set it and forget it! Still curious about Avast though. Thanks NoelC