mickmca, I almost never have to reboot for AVG updates. If you go into the Control Panel, and click on the Updates button, then click Properties, you can choose the Update Immediately option. This will allow AVG to update itself almost every time, without you having to reboot your system. I have it set to then request to reboot, so it doesn't happen automatically. Then, if it is too inconvienient at that time, I can just do it later.