First close out of any messages you may be getting about your version being expired or about to expire.If you were unlucky and have already ‘upgraded’ to the trial version of their Internet Security suite, then you can either follow the steps on this link ( ) or do as suggested below:.Restart your PC as requested AFTER you have saved whatever you may have been working on.As long as the above was done (and you didn’t accidentally click and miss the Customize), then you should be good-to-go once the update completes.On the next screen, mark or select the option for ‘Basic Protection’ which is just AVG’s way of saying you wish to stick with their Free product.When the update message appears, click to continue but STOP when you see an option/link to ‘Customize Installation…’.Though this will look suspiciously like another one of their ads, it’s a legitimate thing, but also one where they will try to get you to install their paid-for product, or at least a trial of which will expire after 30 days. AVG occasionally needs to do a major update and it will ask you to continue via a pop-up from the taskbar (down by the date/time on the bottom-right corner of your screen).But for the rest, follow the instructions below: For nearly all of the ads, you can just click on the ‘X’ on the top-right to close them.
Luckily, there are some easy things to do for you to keep AVG at the Free version, even if you’ve already been upgraded to the trial. If you provide a ‘Free’ product, it truly should be free and free of crappy annoyances. I understand that they are a business and need to make money, but seriously, it’s getting ridiculous. But are you as tired as I am with how annoying it can be to keep the product as the Free version? Well, here’s how to keep AVG free, truly.Īs of late, it seems AVG is getting more aggressive and more sneaky when it comes to either shoving ads down our throat with their Free product or ‘accidentally’ upgrading you to the trial version of the paid-for Internet Security suite. I know that we like AVG and generally put the free version on customer’s PCs that we work on (unless they already have a different decent anti-virus).
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