You make very good points, Jagdwurst - points that shouldn’t be suppressed.

But it does come down to exactly that: Trust.

Do I trust Avast, configured as I have it, to provide me more value than risk? Being that I’ve been running it since some time in the early 2000s, and have had very good experience with it, and even now (though what you say is happening) It works and I’m not having any ongoing problems with it, I’d have to say yes. The value vs. risk proposition seems favorable. But it’s a decision made knowing the risks and I keep my eyes open.

Don’t look now, but we’re all trusting Microsoft, and they seem all the less worthy of it every day. Are we getting more value than the risk is worth? Apparently so.

Same thing plays out with any number of other system tools.

Nothing is black and white.

-Noel