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I used a trial of avast! for a while. It caused a blue screen on my system due to a scan with a backed up junction (that was really more my fault than the software's fault), but no major issues. I mostly ditched it because it reminded me multiple times a day every single day that I should buy the full version, and I found that excessive and annoying. I personally chose not to buy it due to that annoyance and not because I found fault with the software itself.
As to the Realtek software update issue:
Start a thread in one of those forums (whichever you think fits best).