Disable AVG

Disable AVG Antivirus and other services.

These written down from version 8.5 (free version).

To turn off the Resident Shield

• Double click the program icon in the bottom-right hand corner
• Click on "Tools" in the file menu and select "Advanced Settings" from the drop-down bar.
• In the window that opens, click to select the "Resident Shield" option.
• On the right hand side under the "Resident Shield Settings" title, be sure "Enable Resident Shield" is unchecked.
  
• Click "Apply".

To turn off Email Scanning

• In the same Advanced Settings window click to select "Email Scanner" on the left side.
• Under the Email Scanning heading to the right, uncheck "Check incoming email".
• To the right of that be sure "Check outoing email" is also unchecked. It's unchecked by default at installation.
  
• Click "Apply".

To turn off Link Scanning

• Again in the same Advanced Settings window click to select "Link Scanning" on the left side.
• On the right side under the heading "LinkScanner Settings", uncheck "Enable AVG Search-Shield (need web browser restart)"
• Also uncheck "Enable AVG Active Surf-Shield"
• Click "Apply"
• Click "OK" to close the Advanced Settings window
  

How to determine AVG version

• Open the main program window.
• Click "Help" in the toolbar. Click "About AVG".
• In the window that opens titled "Information", it's just to the right of AVG version.
• Click the "Close" button.