Rune: I've got all of the shortcuts to the above in a folder on my desktop, and while McAfee is the only one actively running in the background, (which once again is showing this site in yellow instead of green).
I only use the others when I manually run them. I don't (as you said), like having conflicts with similar programs and I disabled the Windows firewall since McAfee takes care of the virus/firewall to avoid that conflict.
AVG drove me nuts! That one took over everything as well as my emails so I finally uninstalled that!
It's true, running each one periodically will catch things that others don't. CCleaner (to my dismay), did delete some things without asking me! I prefer having the option to check what I want and don't want before a program deletes it!
Like you said, it's really hard keeping up with everything. I have made labeled folders on my desktop with shortcuts for: spyware & utility programs, photo programs, computer backup/ghost utilities, converting & burning CD's, unused desktop programs, games, and even a separate one just for Ashampoo products!
I've been overwhelmed with too many things that have the same functions and it's hard keeping track, so now I'm being very selective in the offers I'm downloading from GOTD now!
