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8. AVG Security Toolbar
AVG Security Toolbar
is a new tool which works together with the
AVG Link Scanner
component and checks search results of the supported Internet search engines (
Google, Yahoo!, WebHledani, Yandex, Baidu, Bing, AOL, AltaVista, EarthLink, Ask,
Seznam, eBay, Twitter, Digg, or SlashDot
).
AVG Security Toolbar
can be used to
control
AVG Link Scanner
functions and to adjust its behavior.
If you select to install the toolbar during the installation of
AVG 9 Free
, it will be
added into your web browser automatically. In case you are using some alternative
Internet browser (
e.g Avant Browser
) you can meet unexpected behavior.
8.1. AVG Security Toolbar Interface
The
AVG Security Toolbar
is designed to work with
MS Internet Explorer
(
version
6.0 or greater
) and
Mozilla Firefox
(
version 3.0 or greater
). Once you have decided
you want to install
AVG Security Toolbar
(
during the
AVG installation process
you
were asked to decide whether or not you wish to install the component
), the
component will be located in your web browser just under the address bar:
The
AVG Security Toolbar
consists of the following:
8.1.1. AVG logo button
This button provides access to general toolbar items. Click the logo button to get
redirected to
AVG website
. Clicking the pointer next to the AVG icon will open the
following:
·
Toolbar Info
- link to the
AVG Security Toolbar
home page with detailed
information on the toolbar's protection
·
Launch AVG 9.0
- opens the AVG 9 Free
user interface
·
Options
- opens a configuration dialog where you can adjust your
AVG
Security Toolbar
settings to suit your needs - see the following chapter
AVG
Security Toolbar Options
·
Delete History
- allows you to Delete complete history of
AVG Security
Toolbar
, or to delete search history, delete browser history, delete download
history and delete cookies.