Pause or shut down AVG to download a program

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Eileen, Have a look @ this article (http://avgclick.me/TempDisableAVG).
AVG Guru

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Can you tell me how to pause or shut off AVG for a little while.  Downloads from Microsoft will not complete with it running.
Also:  Can;'t open .wps  or .txt     The words are all jumbles.

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Eileen, Have a look @ this article (http://avgclick.me/TempDisableAVG).
AVG Guru