How to Close AVG Completely
NICOLE VULCAN
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Anti-virus software helps protect your computer from incoming threats, but from time to time, you might find an occasion to disable it. If you're using AVG's anti-virus program, you can set it to close down temporarily. The process also allows you to set a time to turn the program back on. If you want to turn it off completely, uninstall the program.
1 Temporarily Disable AVG
2 Click Tools
Click "Tools" from the AVG program, and then click "Advanced Settings."
3 Click in the check box
Click in the check box next to "Temporarily disable AVG protection."
4 Click OK .''
Click "OK."
5 Select a date
Select a date when you want AVG to turn back on.
6 Click OK
Click "OK."
7 Uninstall AVG
8 Click Start from the system tray
Click "Start" from the system tray, and then right-click on the AVG program.
9 Click Uninstall
Click "Uninstall" from the tray at the bottom of the screen.
10 Check that AVG AntiVirus
Check that "AVG AntiVirus" is highlighted and then click "Uninstall/Change."
- If you're looking to remove the AVG toolbar from your system tray, click on the toolbar's down arrow, and then click "Hide/Uninstall the AVG Toolbar" from the list of options.
- The above instructions apply to Windows 8 and AVG AntiVirus 2014 or later, and may not apply to other versions of the Windows operating system and AVG programs.
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