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About Viruses and Threats - Opens the online virus encyclopedia where you can look up detailed
information on the identified virus.
(Re)Activate - Opens the Activate AVG dialog with the data you have provided during the installation
process. Within this dialog you can enter your license number to either replace the sales number
(you have installed AVG with), or to replace the old license number (e.g. when upgrading to a new
AVG product).
Register now / My Account - Connects to the registration page of the AVG website (http://
www.avg.com/). Please fill in your registration data; only customers who register their AVG product
can receive free technical support. If using the trial version of AVG Internet Security 2013, the latter
two items appear as Buy now and Activate, allowing you to buy the full version of the program right
away. For AVG Internet Security 2013 installed with a sales number, the items display as Register
and Activate.
About AVG - Opens a new dialog with four tabs providing data on your purchased license and
accessible support, product and program information, and the full wording of the license agreement.
5.2. Security Status Info
The Security Status Info section is located in the upper part of the AVG Internet Security 2013 main
window. Within this section you will always find information on the current security status of your AVG
Internet Security 2013. Please see an overview of icons possibly depicted in this section, and their meaning:
- the green icon indicates that your AVG Internet Security 2013 is fully functional. Your
computer is completely protected, up-to-date, and all installed components are working properly.
- the yellow icon warns that one or more components are incorrectly configured and you
should check their properties/settings. There is no critical problem in AVG Internet Security 2013 and
you have probably decided to switch a component off for some reason. You are still protected!.
However, please pay attention to the problem component's settings! The incorrectly configured
component will be displayed with a warning orange strip in the main user interface.
The yellow icon also appears if for some reason you have decided to ignore a component's error status.
The Ignore error status option is accessible in the Advanced settings / Ignore error status branch.
There you have the option to state you are aware of the component's error state but for some reason
you wish to keep your AVG Internet Security 2013 so and you do not want to be warned about it. You
may need to use this option in a specific situation but it is strictly recommended that you switch the
Ignore error status option off as soon as possible!
Alternatively, the yellow icon will also be displayed if your AVG Internet Security 2013 requires a
computer restart (Restart needed). Please pay attention to this warning and restart your PC.
- the orange icon indicates that AVG Internet Security 2013 is in a critical status! One or more
components do not work properly and AVG Internet Security 2013 cannot protect your computer.
Please pay immediate attention to fixing the reported problem! If you are not able to fix the error
yourself, contact the AVG technical support team.
In case AVG Internet Security 2013 is not set to the optimum performance, a new button named
Click to fix (alternatively Click to fix it all if the problem involves more than one component)
appears next to the security status information. Press the button to launch an automatic process of