AVG blues

A computer tech friend tells me that recent updates of the anti-virus program AVG are causing some computers to crash, or restart unexpectedly. I can vouch that it is true because it's happened to me (I use AVG on my work computer, but not at home.) There are two solutions: Use the Windows System Restore feature to roll your operating system back to a date before the last automatic update of AVG, or uninstall the program completely. I am going to opt for the latter, as there are plenty of alternatives to protect against viruses, and every update of AVG chews up even more system resources than the previous, it is becoming so bloated.