Firefox or Microsoft IE browser ,in the upper R.H. corner search bar,click on arrow, bring down the search engines and click(Remove)

( Remove ) the ( AVG search engine ), then go to menu bar click tools and click addons and a page open click on ( Extensions ) and click ( AVG Security toolbar ) in the right side of the page click ( Remove) then click same spot where its say ( Start ) then close and open a new page, and you are done!....

Firefox or Microsoft IE browser ,in the upper R.H. corner search bar,click on arrow, bring down the search engines and click(Remove)

( Remove ) the ( AVG search engine ), then go to menu bar click tools and click addons and a page open click on ( Extensions ) and click ( AVG Security toolbar ) in the right side of the page click ( Remove) then click same spot where its say ( Start ) then close and open a new page, and you are done!....

the easiest way that i found to remove it is going to about:config, on the filter typing "avg" and it will show the files related to avg, probably 2 or 3, click modify and remove the avgsecuresearch link from them leave the space on blank

Brilliant, a simple and effective answer. Thank you

jhqpinto has got it

Believe it or not, AVG themselves provide the answer! On the AVG search page, in the bottom right-hand corner, is a "privacy" link. Click on this, then uncheck the box that allows new tabs to display the AVG page, and Bob's your uncle!

In the address bar type: about:config then click OK or whatever you can. Find the Filter bar type: keyword.URL then you should see under Value something like "http://isearch.avg.com/search?cid=%7Bf229f38-d923-4877-9c58-4fd8a682b1c%7D&mid=9f4f3efae29a47d195cdd1191024e9fb-cfcf84df76a3ea40b6d5c6560e9b7c67663ee4c&ds=AVG&v=8.0.0.34.1&lang=en&pr=pr&d=2011-09-29%2005%3A09%3A3&sap=ku&q=". Double click and delete the value. Worked for me.  :)

Genius johnnyhamish! (on page1 of these replies) At last someone has found a link to an easy, simple fix on the AVG forum. Well done and thanks. The fix: http://forums.avg.com/ww-en/avg-forums?sec=thread&act=show&id=157513

I had this darn annoying problem after upgrading tuneup utilities 2012. The easiest way to remove it that I found was to start Firefox click on

tools, 

options, General, home page, restore to default. Simple as that- good luck

AVG is a sad example of how a good company turns bad. HIJACKING browsers, without notification, without consent, is what you typically would expect from MALWARE, not from a program meant to protect us from malware.

Greetings all,

jhqpinto -- that is sad to hear. I used a different method though. I deleted the file called chromeappsstore.sqlite in the root of my FF profile (after making a backup copy), and FF regenerated a new one.

That fixed the problem for me. I'll post back here if the ASSVG reverts again.

Thanks, Paul

Hey everyone, Open a new tab, down in the lower right hand corner of the window is a link "settings". Click on it and uncheck the box.