How to Disable AVG Safe Search in IE7

I’ve already you shown you how to disable AVG Safe Search in Firefox, so now I’ll show you how to disable AVG Safe Search in Internet Explorer 7. AVG Antivirus Safe Search is an add-on feature for IE7 that lets internet users know ahead of time if a link in their search engine results is safe to visit or not. While this feature may come in handy for occassional or inexperienced users, the Safe Search add-on for Internet Explorer may actually slow down your browser as it scans the links.

AVG and IE Software Versions

When describing this article, we’ll be using AVG AntiVirus 8.0 and Internet Explorer 7 on PC running Windows XP. The steps should be very similar regardless of which software versions you have installed.

How to Disable AVG Safe Search in IE7

1. Open an Internet Explorer browser window by double-clicking the IE icon on your desktop or by selecting IE7 from the Windows Start Menu.
2. Find the “Tools” menu at the top of the browser window and select “Internet Options”.
3. Click on the “Programs” tab in the Internet Options window that opens.
4. Find the “Manage Add-Ons” button towards the bottom of the pane and click it.
5. A new management window will appear displaying a set of add-ons currently installed in IE7. Find the AVG Safe Search listing and highlight it by clicking on it.
6. Click the “Disable” radio button at the bottom of the window.
7. Click any of the “OK” buttons that appear so that you get back to the main Internet Explorer window.
8. Close Internet Explorer and restart the program.
9. That’s It – You’re Done!

After you restart Internet Explorer, you should see that the AVG Safe Search icons have now disappeared from your links in your search results.