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Don’t get me wrong, viruses are everywhere (and I make a part of my living helping others get rid of them), just that it’s very rare that I personally encounter them. While I do take various steps to reduce potential vulnerabilities compared to the average user, it could be that I’m just incredibly lucky. 
Active offline protection is probably the most important thing for me as I deal a lot with previously downloaded files or files from removable media. Besides, any potential concerns about connections are largely irrelevant offline.
Anyway, overall I’m pretty happy with Avast so far, and while I’d still appreciate better information on some of the things it’s doing, this doesn’t seem like the right place for it. Thanks for some of the more intelligent, less generic responses here.