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Configuring AVG
Upon completing the install of AVG, you
will need to click the "Check for Updates" button several times until the
program has downloaded all the updates to itself, and you may also need to
restart your system. When you're finished you should now see a
multi-colored square icon in your system tray (lower right). Right
clicking on that icon, choose "Launch AVG Control Center"
When the Control Center
comes up, the right-hand window will contain 7 blocks, (you may
have to scroll to see the last one). Click first on the
"Email Scanner" block. When that window comes up, see that
you are on the "Plug-ins" tab up top, and that you can see the
"Configure" button.
Click the "Configure"
button. When the next window comes up, make sure the
"Check Incoming Mail" and the "Check Outgoing Mail" checkboxes
are BOTH checked, and you may UNcheck both the "Certify Mail"
boxes if you like. All these boxes do is to allow AVG to
attach their advertising to every email you send or receive.
Now you can "OK" your way
back to the Control Center, then click "Test Center". When
the Test Center comes up, click on the "Scheduler" button on the
left. That brings up the window below where you will
choose what time of day (or night) you want AVG to check for a
new virus definition file and run a system scan. Select
the "UpdatePlan" first, since you would want it to update itself
before it does a scan. You can either double-click it or
use the "Edit schedule" button at the bottom. Either way,
set the time to update, then set the time to run a system test
after it. Personally, I set the update time as 2AM and the
test time as 4AM.
And that's it. You
can "OK" your way out of everything, and AVG will automatically
update itself and run a full system test every day. If
you're anal retentive about this stuff, (like me), you can
right-click on the AVG icon, select the "Test Center", and click
on the "Test Results" button on the left every few days for a
while. It will show you when AVG last ran and if it found
any viruses or not.
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