Reinstalling the AVG utility will at least ensure that you have the latest version installed.

Note that you might also need to reactivate non-freeware AVG antivirus software with a product key.

Then reinstall your AVG utility with its setup wizard.

You can download the latest AVG software from this page.

Uninstall the antivirus software with AVG Remover, and restart Windows.

Click Download on this page to add AVG Remover to Windows.

Alternatively, you can more thoroughly remove AVG utilities with AVG Remover.

Restart Windows after uninstalling the software.

Then click Yes to confirm that you intend to remove the software.

Select your AVG antivirus package listed there, and press its Uninstall button.

Enter appwiz.cpl in Run to open the Control Panel applet shown directly below.

Open the Run accessory by pressing the Windows + X hotkey and selecting Run.

To ensure that isn’t the case, you can temporarily switch that firewall off. The Windows Firewall might be blocking AVG from updating. You can turn the firewall back on after AVG updates.

Select both the Turn off Windows Defender Firewall options there, and press the OK button.

Click Turn Windows Defender Firewall on or off to open the firewall settings shown directly below.

Input the keyword Windows Defender in Cortana’s search box, and select to open Windows Defender Firewall.

Open the Cortana search box by pressing the Type here to search button on the taskbar.

This antivirus solution contains an intelligent battery-saving mode, thus allowing you to stay online and unplugged longer. Whenever you perform different actions at your computer, you will not experience any annoying pop-ups or system updates. This antivirus will not affect your computer performance while running, so that you can play games, watch movies or create presentations without any interruptions or slowdowns. It is the ideal software to keep your computer virus-free, protecting it from viruses, spyware, worms, ransomware and different types of malware. If AVG does not make the cut, it might be a good idea to consider replacing your antivirus with a more well-balanced security solution that benefits from regular updates.

This solution shows you how you can manually update AVG. That’s not exactly a fix for AVG’s automatic updates, but at least you might then get the software updated.

Select the folder that includes the AVG update, and press the OK button.įirst, try updating AVG manually.

Then select Update from directory to open a Browse for Folder window.

Click Options at the top right of the AVG window.

Select your AVG version on the page, and then click update to save to HDD or USB drive.

File avg update