I have locked files that are showing up as notifications is this avg self-protection or is it something else recently removed trojan as well

Edward, You may want to look @ this link (https://support.avg.com/answers?id=906b0000000D4NWAA0).
AVG Guru

Edward, You may want to look @ this link (https://support.avg.com/answers?id=906b0000000D4NWAA0).
AVG Guru