You need to bear in mind that if a user has no problems then they will not post here. However, if something goes wrong they will. With over 150 million users, if you take the problem posts and divide them into that you will have less than 1% with problems
I have used Avast since V4 many many moons ago. I have progressed from XP to windows 7 and have yet to experience any major problems with Avast.
The Chrome problem is due to it being updated on an almost daily basis, so how can anyone keep up
If you do experience any problems at all then a post here will in all probability enable a resolution
McAfee must be uninstalled fully prior to installing Avast