How To Disable Avg

While it is safest to run with antivirus protection at all times, knowing how to disable AVG can be a lifesaver. If your computer is acting sluggish, you can temporarily disable AVG to eliminate it as the cause of your problem. On rare occasions, AVG will produce a false-positive result and label an innocuous program as a virus. You can temporarily disable AVG in order to install and use the program.

To disable AVG, you will need:

• Computer
• AVG antivirus

To disable AVG:

1. Open to AVG user interface. You can access this by clicking the icon located at the lower right-hand corner of your screen. The AVG icon is red, blue, green and yellow.
2. Double-click the "Resident Shield" entry. You should find this in the middle of the overview window.
3. Click on the check mark next to the words "Resident Shield Active." The check mark should disappear.
4. Save your changes. The save option is at the bottom of the window.

Tips & warnings:

• Make sure that the program you are trying to install is virus-free. You can look on tech support forums to see if others are experiencing the same false-positive issue.
• Before you disable AVG, try updating the program. This may solve your problem.
• Turn AVG back on as soon as is practical or find an alternate anti-virus program in order to protect your computer from infection.
• If AVG is causing your computer to run slowly, you may not have enough RAM. The 32-bit version of Windows 7 requires a bare minimum of 1 GB of RAM and will run better if you have more.