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IDontKnow WhyIHaveThisInstalledIDontKnow WhyIHaveThisInstalled 

Avg Antivirus automatically installing itself?

About 10 minutes ago, an "AVG Antivirus Free" page popped up on my PC. I've never downloaded this AntiVirus (nor did I know about it) and I dont recall installing anything in the past few days that could be a virus. Any explanation for this? Was it some older virus that decided to install it now? 
Dinesh KrishnanDinesh Krishnan (Foundever)
Greetings,

We're glad to look into this & help you.
Please share us the screenshot of the pop up that you receive for better clarity. However, we'd like to clarify that an AVG program will not be installed on your computer without your consent. 
IDontKnow WhyIHaveThisInstalledIDontKnow WhyIHaveThisInstalled
I've already unistalled it, as it took a while for my post to pend. It was the main menu of it. I will however attach an image that looked similar off google.User-added image
IDontKnow WhyIHaveThisInstalledIDontKnow WhyIHaveThisInstalled
I am not 100% sure if that is what showed up on my screen, but you get the idea
IDontKnow WhyIHaveThisInstalledIDontKnow WhyIHaveThisInstalled
I think I figuerd out what caused this. Does CCleaner by any chance has any affiliation with this antivirus?
Dinesh KrishnanDinesh Krishnan (Foundever)
Let us clarify this for you.
AVG Antivirus isn't affiliated with CCleaner. Hence, AVG Antivirus will not be installed automatically on your computer.
If the issue re-occurs, please write back to us with the screenshot of the exact user interface that gets installed, to further investigate on this.
Stephanie SyStephanie Sy
What is the best way to do this?
Nisha SivakumarNisha Sivakumar (Avast)
Hello Stephen,

Thank you for posting in the community forum. We'll look into this further.
Please write back to us in your own/new post, so that we can access your email address & send you an email with further instructions.

Kindly click on the "Ask the community" button to create a new post.
Then, type in your topic, issue description & proceed with posting your query.
Thank you for understanding.
IDontKnow WhyIHaveThisInstalledIDontKnow WhyIHaveThisInstalled

I've seen a similar situation to mine on Quora and one on Reddit, where somebody installed CCleaner and AVG antivirus came with it. It is possible that my CCleaner updated and I forgot to tick off a box that might have installed AVG antivirus. Here are the links to the posts I've found: https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/gek28l/avg_antivirus/   

https://www.quora.com/Why-has-CCleaner-started-downloading-AVG-antivirus-with-it
Midhun AloorMidhun Aloor (Foundever)

Thank you for sharing this information.

From your description, we assume that when you updated your older version of CCleaner, the AVG Antivirus Free was installed alongside as a bundle (as the checkbox asking for your consent, might've been overlooked).
Let us know if you have further queries.
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