Disappearing AVG Icons

Hi Kim,

We're glad to look into this & help you.
With AVG Internet Security installed on your computer, it would be protected against emerging threats & hackers, as it has an active firewall.
From your description, we see that you're concerned about the AVG icon that will be available in system tray (near date & time, at bottom right corner).  
Sometimes, the icon might be hidden. To check this, click on the arrow facing up (Show hidden icons) in the system tray & check if AVG is listed.
If not, please right click on an empty space in taskbar & select properties or taskbar settings depending upon on your OS & check the notification area.
Please try the above step & let us know if it helps. Also, let us know if the desktop icon of AVG has disappeared.

When I was online I kept getting a pop up message that AVG had blocked something.  I didn't get a chance to write the whole thing down, but it was something like AVG blocked http://tag.sp.advertising

The problem is that when I looked on the toolbar at the bottom of my screen, there were no AVG icons present.  Normally I see an AVG icon in two different places.  It was gone.  I have had this happened before where I apparently access some possibly contaminated site and my AVG icons disapear or AVG gets mysterious turned off.

I was able to go elsewhere to open my AVG and run a full scan.  What causes the icons to disappears and does this mean my information was stolen during this time?

Hi Kim,

We're glad to look into this & help you.
With AVG Internet Security installed on your computer, it would be protected against emerging threats & hackers, as it has an active firewall.
From your description, we see that you're concerned about the AVG icon that will be available in system tray (near date & time, at bottom right corner).  
Sometimes, the icon might be hidden. To check this, click on the arrow facing up (Show hidden icons) in the system tray & check if AVG is listed.
If not, please right click on an empty space in taskbar & select properties or taskbar settings depending upon on your OS & check the notification area.
Please try the above step & let us know if it helps. Also, let us know if the desktop icon of AVG has disappeared.

I had already before I originally wrote done the step involving clicking the arrow facing up and it was not listed.
I have been able to get the icon back in places at the bottom of my screen.  It appeared to still be turned on.  I would like to know why sometimes when I access a website the AVG shows it is turned off?  That makes me think it did not block what ever was on that particular site and it was allowed to turn off my protection.  This did not happen this time, but has in the past.

We're glad to know that, Kim. 
Sometimes, this might happen if few services are unable to initiate. At that time, you can either restart your computer once or try repairing the AVG program to ensure that all services are running fine. 
Eventhough the icon disappears, AVG services will be running in the background, which will monitor the activities on your computer & blocks any malicious contents. Thank you for your understanding in advance!