Can't get vpn screen off my computer

I don't OPEN AVG VPN. It pops up uninvited. There is no way to close it. The ONLY CHOICE it gives me is to turn it on… but then it still won't close. I have to shut my whole browser down and that's not fair. I lose any work I've done, and I didn't even want it open in the 1st place!
Someone needs to fix this. I hope they monitor this to help people because there doesn't seem to be any way to contact them directly anymore.
I don't like it that my anti-virus program forces itself on me like that.