I'm pretty sure AVG Secure Search is an optional component that you could remove or disable without changing your antivirus. I've adapted the following from a post in AVG's forums on removing AVG Secure Search. Apparently it gets into several places. You might not need all of these different changes. Does this work? (1) Firefox search bar / search box * Click the small arrow next to the search provider icon and select '''Manage Search Engines…''' * Select the '''AVG Secure Search''' and click Remove (2) If AVG Secure Search has made itself your home page, you can change that here: orange Firefox button ''or'' classic Tools menu > Options > General (3) Firefox address bar or home page search * In a new tab, type or paste '''about:config''' in the address bar and press Enter. Click the button promising to be careful. * In the filter box, type or paste '''search''' and pause while the list is filtered * Right-click '''browser.search.defaultenginename''' and choose Reset. * In the filter box, type or paste '''keyword''' and pause while the list is filtered * Right-click '''keyword.URL''' and choose Reset. * In the filter box, type or paste '''startup''' and pause while the list is filtered * Right-click '''browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone''' and choose Reset. Note #1: You might have to restart Firefox before these changes take full effect. Note #2: If you have AVG software installed on your computer, it could put these changes back into Firefox, so check your AVG software and make sure you've turned that off.

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