Temporarily disable AVG protection
AVG 8
Open the AVG 8 Control Center, by right-clicking on the AVG 8 icon on task bar.
- Click on Tools.
- Select Advanced.
- In the left hand pane, scroll down to "Resident Shield".
- In the main pane, deselect the option to "Enable Resident Shield."
- To re-enable AVG 8, please select "Enable Resident Shield" again.
AVG 8.5
Please open the AVG 8.5 Control Center, by right clicking on the AVG icon on task bar.
AVG 9.0
Please refer to the instructions provided in
AVG FAQ 2429: How to temporarily disable AVG Free Edition 9.0.
AVG 2011
Open the AVG 2011 Control Center, by right-clicking on the AVG icon on task bar.
- Click on Open AVG User Interface.
- On the Menu Bar, click on Tools, then click Advanced Settings.
- In the screen which opens, scroll down to Temporarily disable AVG protection.
- Click on it to highlight and in the right hand pane, check the box for Temporarily disable AVG protection.
- Click Apply.
- In the next screen which opens, select 15 minutes from the drop down menu, then click the Disable real time protection button and click OK.
- To
re-enable, just check Enable on the main GUI interface. You may also
need to click Fix (enable becomes Fix if all components do not start).
AVG FAQ 3857: Disabling AVG 2011 temporarily
AVG FAQ 3902: Disabling Specific AVG components
