I went through some of the posts partly in reply to my post and others' views. Some of them quite immature - do not use it, switch to another AV, etc.
I am making my view known as a paid customer. I and I am sure many others chose avast! as it was a light fast av which did its core job very well. Its resources have been compromised by these additional (and in my view unnecessary features). Avast had huge issues with Dell with initial v6 because of this bloat and some friends did switch to AVG.
I still feel that webrep, credit check, etc. types of features do lead to bloat. After all the code is already installed on my PC, since all I have to do is check a box in the UI. It is not a matter of 10k or 1g.
If at all these features or 'enhancements' for those who want them must be made available as add-ons or plug-ins or better still even as separate programs.