32 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 10
Accept to allow AVG to access certain
features on your device. Once it has
installed the green Install button will
change to Open – tap this.
Before you can begin using AVG
you need to accept its terms and
conditions, so hit Continue on the
fi rst screen. You'll then be prompted
to upgrade to AVG Pro. Don't do this
unless you want to: the antivirus part
of AVG is free and, although the extras may be nice
to have, they aren't necessary.
If this is a new phone or tablet, that's all you really
need to do. By default AVG will scan your device
once a week, although you can change this within
the Protection menu.
If this is an older phone or tablet that you're only
just getting around to installing an antivirus on, hit
Scan Now. As you can see in our screenshot, AVG
found two 'threats'. You don't need to blindly accept
these warnings; just use your common sense. If
it keeps fl agging up an app or setting you want
to keep, just tick the Ignore box to remove it from
subsequent scans.
To keep AVG running at the best of its ability,
make sure you keep it up to date. Launch Google
Play and click the three horizontal lines icon in the
top left corner, then choose Settings. Under auto-
update apps choose to either Auto-update apps at
any time or to update apps over Wi-Fi only (if you
have a limited mobile data plan choose the latter).
From time to time you may still fi nd an app update
requests your permission, and this will be because
it wants you to accept its updated access requests.