This was my answer to one of the folks who attended a presentation and wanted further information
about the various Components offered by Avast.
Mail Shield - useless if you dont use mail software
Browser Protection - this one annoys me, might be good for some
Software Updater - this one is OK, but supports almost nothing (also, ninite.com is good for checking new versions)
Browser Cleanup - mostly useless (havent seen any toolbar in years tbh)
Home Network, Passwords - useless in most cases, there are better solutions for both
And all of this is useless if your PC runs like crap because of Avast.
I used to be proud of avast being Czech company as I'm from Czech myself, but since last few versions, everything was going downhill. Why buy AVG when they can't even make their main AV working.
I made clean install of windows few days back to one of my family member, incl. avast installation. Can't wait to hear from him that PC is now running like a crap.