How Do I Disable AVG

Caveman

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Nov 18, 1999
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I don't want it in the task tray and I only want to run the program on an occassional basis when I "want to"...

How do I keep it from automatically loading?
 

mechBgon

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Oct 31, 1999
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If I recall correctly, the realtime protection is done via a Windows Service, so you would right-click My Computer > Manage, go down to the Services and disable the appropriate service there. Maybe. I could be wrong on that.
 

n7

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You can go to Run > services.msc & disable (or just set to manual) the background stuff, & remove any startup stuff in Run > msconfig.

I tend to do that with most every program i have unless i want it running at startup or in the background.