Have done a clean reinstall as suggested and that seems to have solved the issue. Thanks for your assistance
Hello Brenda,
We regret for the inconvenience you are facing with the link scanner component of the AVG program. Please try to repair the AVG program and check whether it resolves the issue. Please follow the instructions on the article avgclick.me/RepairAVG to repair your AVG program.
Thank you.
A message comes up you are not protected as linkscanner outdated. I press Fix IT and nothing happens
Hello Brenda,
We regret for the inconvenience you are facing with the link scanner component of the AVG program. Please try to repair the AVG program and check whether it resolves the issue. Please follow the instructions on the article avgclick.me/RepairAVG to repair your AVG program.
Thank you.
Have done a clean reinstall as suggested and that seems to have solved the issue. Thanks for your assistance
Hello Brenda,
We are sorry to hear that. We kindly request you to follow the instructions on the article http://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?urlname=How-to-reinstall-AVG to reinstall all the traces of the AVG program and check whether it resolves the issue.
Note : Please use the AVG Remover tool mentioned on the article to uninstall the AVG program more effectively.
If you are still facing any error message please provide us with the screenshot so that we could analyze the issue more better. Please follow the instructions on the article http://avgclick.me/getscreenshot to create the screenshot.
Please feel free to get back to us for further assistance.
Thank you.
User Michael Dean also posted their own topic (https://support.avg.com/answers?id=906b0000000DWt5AAG).
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