How to pause AVG Free 8? and why scans longer?

I did a Search for "AVG + Pause" in this forum and haven't found my problem yet.

I have a Dell INspiron 8600 laptop running Win XP (with IE6, not 7), free Zone Alarm firewall and AVG Free anti-virus all the time. Sometimes I use other anti-malware apps such as ccleaner, Spybot Search/Destroy, etc.

On the former version of AVG Free, one could pause the scan if one wanted to hop on the internet or do something else. I can't find a way to do that with the new AVG 8. I keep my monitor at 1280 x 786 because it's easier on my eyes; could it be that I simply can't *see* a pause button?

Also, the scans used to take about 25 minutes and now it's often three times that long. Makes me wonder if I did something wrong when I installed it.

Thanks to any who can try to unravel the problem or explain in dummy terms why I am so confused over something so simple.

 

The new AVG is two things in one. It is now an antivirus and a spyware detector so it has to do twice as much work. The database will be bigger and then it looks for more things.

 

Thanks - Re: How to pause AVG Free 8? and why scans longer?

*Thank you* to both for replies. I guess it didn't register in my pea-brain that it was now anti-spyware. Hmmm. That's nice. I am still trying to figure out which anti-malware things I need to do regularly. Like, Ccleaner once a week, and Spybot S&D, but there were some tools listed in the "read & run me 1st" guide -- which totally saved me from having to drag the laptop into the shop and bother a pro!! -- which, it seems, would be useful to run once in a while.

Also, I was too dumb to think of right-clicking the icon. How **obvious**! I still can't see the Pause button, no matter how I try to stretch the window, although I can tell there are three buttons at the bottom. Maybe I'll take a look at Grisoft website and look for a screen shot of the scan screen.

Again, many thanks. I appreciate this site soooo much (the people on the site).

 

Thanks again! After your previous post, I did right-click and paused it when I needed s/t. But the screen shot is *most* welcome!

You are the king! {imaginary smiley bowing in we-are-not-worthy fashion, which I don't know how to cut and paste here}