There are a lot of programs that have a very nice GUI and do work very effectively. JV16 PowerTools, CCleaner, nLite, Opera, etc, and none of these are open-source. Saying "software" today" isn't very accurate, more of a slightly inappropriate generalization, also taking into account that you stated you haven't used anti-virus in 7 years. Off course there is good software, but big part of it is not as good as it should be. You gave me examples of good software as I could give you allot of examples of software that isn't good. I never said ALL software was poor, I said ALLOT of software is poor, wich is something I still believe! Will you ever understand that I never talked about AV software in this thread?! I'd rather people have a proper and unbiased analysis on the truly superior anti-virus programs out there instead of having more people post, exciting the enthusiasts, just to see some n00b say "Norton rules!". That's a waste of time to say that, a waste of space on the forum, and when in reality Norton is the most problematic and memory hogging anti-virus in existence. If some 'n00b' comes here and say's "Norton rules!", they are doing the right thing. They use Norton and recommend it. Yes, it may not be the most accurate statement, however, it is what this thread is for. To know what AV software the members use. If you want to talk about wich AV software is the best, do it. But here is not the place. This discussion is over!