Protection disabled, but restart does not work

Hi Barbara.

We'll be glad to help you with the concern.

Let's repair AVG Internet Security and check if the issue is fixed.

Refer the article for the same: https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?urlname=Repair-AVG-Antivirus

We have a message from our AVG antivirus programme that says 'Protection is disabled - Protection will be automatically enabled after PC restart' - I had the computer shut down overnight and it still appears. The 'Fix now' button will not restart the computer (desktop, windows 7) and the message does not go away. 
I would welcome any ideas, please.
We have a paid for subscription.
Thanks

Hi Barbara.

We'll be glad to help you with the concern.

Let's repair AVG Internet Security and check if the issue is fixed.

Refer the article for the same: https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?urlname=Repair-AVG-Antivirus

Thank you for letting me know, Barbara.

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