Ecosia search engine on Chrome browser

I recently bought a new laptop and installed my AVG suite on it.   I use a Chrome browser and the Ecosia search engine.  Since installing the AVG suite, every time I try to search on Ecosia I get this error message:

Checking your browser before accessing www.ecosia.org.

This process is automatic. Your browser will redirect to your requested content shortly.

Please allow up to 5 seconds…

Then the search freezes.  What's causing this to happen and what do I need to turn off in AVG to stop it from happening?