Antivirus interfering with Photoshop CS3

For some time now I have been suffering from frequent lockups of my computer when trying to run Photoshop CS3 and or Bridge CS3. I have traced the problem to my antivirus program (Steganos AV2009 aka AVG8). If I disable the Resident Shield component of this software, I am able to run Photoshop. However the software (and Windows) nags me that I should no be doing this.
I have noted that your technical advice for troubleshooting Photoshop problems includes turning off such resident file and disk activity scanners. However I am worried about using my computer without antivirus protection.
My question is, which, if any, current AV programs are known not to interfere with Photoshop?
Heuristic AV scanners are becoming more commonplace, and I suspect that these are the ones that are likely to cause problems. They are also notorious resource hoggers.

I have to say that there is a lot in what Mark Terry says. I have had AV software on my computer since the year dot. It has never caught a single virus (or trojan or worm) in situ, but, over the years, it has caused more hassle than I think any virus might ever have caused. Every AV program I have subscribed to has self-destructed in the end, requiring that it be removed and ditched.
Much AV software is becoming too sophisticated for its own good. Complex software, especially when operating in highly varied environments and subject to continuous frequent updates is bound to malfunction sooner or later. However what I was asking about was whether there is anything reliable, simple and with a small resource footprint, that is better than nothing, and which does not interfere with Photoshop.
I do agree that a decent firewall is essential and that is taken care of. But is it sufficient, given the quantity of stuff that one routinely downloads these days?
All I want is a decent lock on the door and something to warn of and deal with intruders.
Robert Levine's remark is pertinent. There are differences between free and paid-for AVG8, but I would have thought that the in-memory scanning engine would be the same. However I can only report on my own experience. Perhaps there is something peculiar (broken?) in my system that makes it susceptible...?? AVG8 Resident Shield uses a significant amount of CPU resources. (I can see this with Process Explorer.) and my machine is a single-core Pentium 4. Even with hyper-threading, I do not think that Photoshop likes the competition.
Has anyone else ever had problems of this sort?

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