Yep!

Because of the great reviews I'm reading about Avast, I decided to upgrade to the paid  Avast Internet Security Program. It seems to be a favorite here on the Cakewalk forum.

Apparently I got Avast just in time...I tried installing the paid version and my computer wouldn't install it. So I called Avast and they did a remote hookup to my computer and found a bunch of Windows problems. I did a system restore to a couple of days ago when the problems started surfacing....and that worked where I could install the paid Avast program....so now everything is working great. Apparently my computer was getting hacked again !!

robert_e_bone
@rcrees - just to be clear, on my computer, I NEVER have to disable Avast to run Sonar.  The only time I ever suspend it is if I am downloading a full release of Sonar, or when I do a Sonar install.
 
It does its thing quite nicely in the background, with Sonar just as happily doing its thing concurrently.
 
Bob Bone
 

Thanks, Bob.  Good to know… 
 

There are various known unknowns when removing antivirus software, and known knowns.
A few months ago the manual was rewritten, most information is now out of date, see here:
http://youtu.be/bKgf5PaBzyg
 

Unbelievable....I did a fresh install on my computer over the weekend and according to my Windows Reliability Graph, my computer started crashing on Sunday morning, just barely after I did the fresh install. It was running great Saturday.
 
The tech from Avast was the one to alert me about watching the Windows Reliability Graph for problems...he really knows what he's doing !! I'm impressed !!

If you'd like to check your Windows Reliability Monitor and graph, go to start button and search for Reliability History, it should come right up, and you can monitor your computer's performance from there.
 
According to the graph, it was very obvious when my computer started acting up....

According to the Reliability history chart...something was attacking my Internet Explorer 11 and Google IE Toolbar as they both were crashing like crazy. I've replaced IE 11 with Firefox, and uninstalled the Google IE Toolbar, and things have settled down and the computer seems to be more stable now. Unreal.
 
I like the Avast Internet Security program a lot. Seems to be helping my peace of mind.

The Avast program is reporting to me how many companies are trying to track me on each website I visit...
 
pretty spooky stuff.....

djwayne
According to the Reliability history chart...something was attacking my Internet Explorer 11 and Google IE Toolbar as they both were crashing like crazy. I've replaced IE 11 with Firefox, and uninstalled the Google IE Toolbar, and things have settled down and the computer seems to be more stable now. Unreal.
 
I like the Avast Internet Security program a lot. Seems to be helping my peace of mind.

Check this article on IE 11 config, this tends to fix most stability issues:
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-enable-64-bit-internet-explorer-processes/
 
Almost half the IE installations I comes across see don't have 64 bit / enhanced protection on, and this makes a massive difference to speed and stability (and it disables 32 bit add ins, which you should avoid).