AVG Antivirus has an annoying feature called Safe Search that scans links to make sure they are safe. The feature adds a green check mark icons next to links in Internet Explorer when performing Google or Bing searches.
This is a nice feature for some, but it hogs system resources. If you don’t need this feature, there are a couple of ways to disable Safe Search.
From IE
1. Select the gear in the upper-right corner, then choose Manage add-ons.
2. Select AVG Safe Search and then click Disable. Click Close when you are done.
From AVG
This method disables the Safe Search feature from all web browsers installed on the system.
1. Select the AVG icon in the taskbar.
2. Select LinkScanner.
3. Uncheck the Enable Search-Shield box, then select Save changes.
Restart IE and the Safe Search feature won’t annoy you anymore.
Last modified September 22, 2011
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How the hell do I get rid of it permantely! I hate AVG
do i need to keep avg safe search? my computer tends to run slow and if i don’t need it i will remove it. will i get nasty stuff on my computer if i get rid of it? Thanks!