AVG AntiTrack - Getting Started

AVG AntiTrack is a privacy application designed to keep your identity safe from the latest online tracking techniques.

Open AVG AntiTrack

You can open AVG AntiTrack using one of the following methods:

• Double-click the AVG AntiTrack icon on your Windows desktop.
• Double-click the AVG AntiTrack icon in the notification area of the Windows taskbar.

• Click Go ▸ Applications in the Apple menu bar, then double-click the AVG AntiTrack icon.
• Click the AVG AntiTrack icon in the Apple menu bar and select Show AVG AntiTrack.

Navigate the dashboard

When you open AVG AntiTrack, you see the application dashboard. The following options are available:

1. My privacy score: check how effectively the application is configured to protect your privacy.
2. Anti-tracking: enable or disable the core anti-tracking functionality, and view reports showing when tracking attempts are blocked and which websites are attempting to track you.
3. Browser protection: enable or disable browser protection for individual browsers.
4. Browser cleanup: clear cookies and browser data from your web browsers.
5. Allowed websites: add allowed websites that are exempt from cookie clearing.
6. System privacy: optimize your Windows privacy-related settings.

When you open AVG AntiTrack, you see the application dashboard. The following options are available:

1. Menu options: access the application features and settings using the options below:
   • Browsers: enable or disable browser protection for individual browsers.
   • My Tracks: clear cookies and browser data from your web browsers, and add allowed websites that are exempt from cookie clearing.
   • Reports: view reports showing when tracking attempts are blocked and which websites are attempting to track you.
   • Settings: configure notification and startup preferences, specify the data you want to share with with AVG and third parties, and view your subscription details.
2. My privacy score: check how effectively the application is configured to protect your privacy. Click Improve my privacy condition to learn how to improve your privacy score.
3. Tracking attempts overview: check recent tracking attempts, learn which websites have attempted to track you most frequently, and see the total number of blocked tracking attempts since you started using AVG AntiTrack.

Check your privacy score

Monitor tracking attempts

The reportsReports screen allows you to see when tracking attempts are blocked and which websites are attempting to track you.

To open the reports screen:

1. Click the Anti-tracking tile.
2. Select See full reports.

You can view the following:

1. Trackers blocked: graphs showing fluctuation in tracking attempts over time. Hover your cursor over a red dot to see the exact number of blocked tracking attempts.
2. Top tracking attempts: the websites that have attempted to track you most frequently since you started using AVG AntiTrack.
3. Potential tracking attempts: the most recent attempts to track you, including the name of the website that tried to track you and the time and day of the tracking attempt.
4. Fingerprint randomization: the most recent changes to your digital fingerprint. To learn more about your digital fingerprint, refer to the following article:
   • General ▸ What is a digital fingerprint?

Protect your browsers

Clear cookies and browser data

The Browser cleanup screen allows you to schedule automatic cookie clearing on your browsers, and instantly clear stored browser data.

The My Tracks screen allows you to schedule automatic cookie clearing on your browsers, and instantly clear stored browser data.

Schedule cookie clearing

Cookies are files that websites, trackers, and third parties leave on your browser that allow them to view your online activity. For more information about cookies, refer to the following article:

• General ▸ What are cookies?
• General ▸ What are cookies?

To schedule regular cookie clearing for each of your browsers:

1. Click the Browser cleanup tile.
2. Click My Tracks in the left panel.
3. Click the drop-down menu next to a browser to select how regularly cookies are cleared.

Cookies are now automatically cleared from the selected browser according to your defined schedule. You can add allowed websites to prevent cookie clearing on specified websites.

Cookies are now automatically cleared from the selected browser according to your defined schedule. You can add allowed websites to prevent cookie clearing on specified websites.

Clear browser data

Browser data is information that is often stored in your browser when you visit websites. For more information about browser data, refer to the following article:

• General ▸ What is browser data?
• General ▸ What is browser data?

To clear browser data from your browsers:

1. For optimal results, ensure that each browser you want to clear data for is closed.
2. Click See data next to your chosen browser. Alternatively, click Clear all browser data to clear data from all installed browsers.
3. Click Choose data to clear next to your chosen browser.
4. Tick the boxes next to the types of data you want to remove, then click Clear selected.
5. Tick the boxes next to the types of data you want to remove, then click Clear selected data.

The selected browser data is now cleared.

Add allowed websites

The Allowed websites screen allows you to stop AVG AntiTrack from clearing cookies on certain websites.

To add an allowed website:

You can put websites on your Cookie Allow List, which stops AVG AntiTrack from clearing cookies on that website.

1. Click the Allowed websites tile.
2. Either tick websites from the Choose from popular options drop-down menu, ...or enter a website (for example, example.com) into the left text box, and click Add.

1. Click My Tracks in the left panel.
2. Click Open allow list.
3. Add a website using either method below:
   • Select a website from the Choose from popular options drop-down menu, then click Add.
   • Enter a website (for example, example.com) into the left text box, then click Add.

The selected website is now excluded from cookie clearing. To remove a website from the list, click the trash icon in the relevant website's panel.

Optimize your system privacy