Hello Wayne,
We're sorry to hear this.
Please follow this article (https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?l=en&supportType=home&urlName=Use-AVG-Antivirus-Enhanced-Firewall) and allow the necessary options to enable your printer.
If the issue persists, please use this to disable (https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?l=en&urlname=Disable-AVG-Antivirus) your AVG.
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I need to temporarily disable AVG because it is interfering with me loading HP printer software
Hello Wayne,
We're sorry to hear this.
Please follow this article (https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?l=en&supportType=home&urlName=Use-AVG-Antivirus-Enhanced-Firewall) and allow the necessary options to enable your printer.
If the issue persists, please use this to disable (https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?l=en&urlname=Disable-AVG-Antivirus) your AVG.
Keep us posted.