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Basically, be MSE: unobtrusive. I haven't written anything for windows since high school, so I don't know how it stacks up for devs, but it's great from the user's pov. Free, lightweight, and invisible: everything I want in an antivirus program.

From a developers standpoint, MSE is pretty damn awesome. Never had an issue with it :P

Is an anti-virus even the right approach, especially for an experienced user? Wouldn't some sort of permissions management (maybe like SELinux or AppArmor) coupled with a firewall be just as secure? Getting the majority of your software from a repository (e.g. with yum or apt-get) also seems like it would help significantly.

I'm not a security expert, but it seems like you can have a perfectly secure computer without an anti-virus.

Never delete a file automatically! Always ask and use quarantaine. MSE is madness and all the others, too because they destroy important files without asking.

A flawless uninstaller!