Damn, back when I switched to AVG Free for a while I hated it. Always poppin up and running un-needed background stuff. Thats when I learnt it was a giant pain in the ass to remove, and I literally had to edit my registry to get rid of it. Windows wouldnt uninstall it, and i couldn't get it to stop running in the task manager...good times, good times
But hey everyone has different experiences lol
Come to think of it i havent run a virus scan in almost 3 months. Maybe im overdue?