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AVG Anti-Virus Free

5.2. AVG Control Center - Components

In the main box of the AVG Control Center you can see a list of components

controlled from the AVG Control Center. To administer the selected component,

just click the respective list item, and use the operating buttons in the bottom

section of the AVG Control Center window.

Whenever a component’s state is in error (e.g. the virus database has not been

updated recently, and expired), the component’s panel within the AVG Control

Center gets highlighted in red color to notify you, and the program system tray

icon turns grey. It is recommended that you pay attention to this kind of notice, and

keep the state of all components optimal in order to ensure the proper functioning

of your AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. To repair the component’s status, use the AVG

Control Center application.

The AVG Control Center allows management of these AVG Free

components:

z Anti-Virus - contains information about all currently known viruses.

Important: Updates are issued several times a week according to the current

state of virus attack. If the virus database is older than 7 days, it is

considered to be outdated. To signal this, the component changes its internal

state to error and turns red. Please remember that reliable anti-virus

protection can be achieved only if you update your anti-virus system regularly

and frequently.

z Scheduler - controls planned task initiation.

z Resident Shield - performs on-access scanning of files and documents.

z Virus Vault - works as a store of suspect/infected objects, and provides

options for their further treatment.

z Update Manager - controls AVG Free updates performance.

z Shell Extension - activates AVG Free functionality in the Windows Explorer

application so that you can scan locations and objects within the Windows

Explorer file browser by clicking the right mouse button and selecting the

Scan with AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition option.

z E-mail Scanner - scans incoming and outgoing e-mail messages.

z License - provides information on the currently used license.

We would like to remind you of the AVG Free limitations: some AVG Free

components configuration and functionality is restricted. You can reach the

AVG 7.5 Anti-Virus options in full extent by purchasing the commercial

version of AVG 7.5 Anti-Virus – please refer to the Grisoft website at