Without a doubt that Kaspersky is known as one of the best antiviruses. If you check AV-Comparatives.org, you’ll see that its performance tops the chart most of the time. This is mainly due to its large signature database, frequent virus definition updates, smart heuristic analyzer and strong static unpackers that allow it to unpack more packers/ciphers than most antiviruses.
Kaspersky has an online scanner but it can only detect virus but not removing them. If you want to remove, you must purchase their product. Two months ago I discovered a method to obtain free Kaspersky Anti-Virus genuine license that works for a year and I am sure many of you manage to get the free license. IF you visit my site daily or subscribed to my daily newsletter, you wouldn’t have missed this great offer.
If you wasn’t able to get the free license, not to worry because Kaspersky themselves are offering a FREE tool that is similar to Kaspersky Anti-Virus but without real-time scanning.
Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool is a free on demand virus scanner and cleaner. It uses the same technology as Kaspersky Anti-Virus to detect and remove viruses. For a free tool, it is very configurable, allowing you to set what to scan, how much to scan, whether to use heuristics etc..
There is another feature called “Manual Cure”. It works similarly as HijackThis. You press the Collect system information button to gather information about your computer. Then Send the report to analitics (forum). The people from Kaspersky forum will then let you know the script to paste on the program and then click the Execute button to fix the virus.
Other than not having realtime on access scanner, Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool also doesn’t have an updater function. So you will need to download the whole 16MB package every time you want to use the latest version to scan and remove virus. If you are already using other anti-virus program such as BitDefender or NOD32, you can still install this and run periodically, maybe once a month for a second opinion. This is not an real time scanner, so it won’t affect your currently installed anti-virus program.
Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool may looks like portable because when you run the setup, it actually extracts the contents to “Kaspersky Lab Tool” folder at your desktop. However, it is NOT portable because it installs a service that is set to autostart. If you try to delete the folder, you’ll get the error message “Error Deleting File or Folder“. The reason you’re unable to delete the folder is because Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool has a feature called “Self-Defense”. It is used to protect itself from being infected by viruses. If you want to delete it, you must click Settings at the program and uncheck “Enable Self-Defense” checkbox.
[ Download Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool ]
thank you
anyways, nice stuff, nice stuf
Mirror for Virus Removal Tool:
Hi Raymond, tried the tool. It removed three things which were infected (servicehast.exe, etc.) Had Windows Antivirus Pro infection. Upon reboot, blue screen. Even in safe mode. Any suggestions besides reformat? Is there someway to disable the self defense from a boot disk or recovery console?
yea, read the whole artical, honestly lol
anyways, nice stuff, nice stuff :D
Hi Ray
Do people not read your article before asking question about removing the tool ?
Or even the previous posts ?
???
:)
helo… help me ray… i can’t remove the folder kaspersky tool in my unit… i tried to delete it but it doesnt go away.. i tried also to find it in my add/remove but it wasnt there. BUt the folder is in my desktop. and whenever i try to delete it, it can’t be deleted… help!
how can i totally remove this in my unit…? everytime i delete the folder, it just can’t be deleted.
是否對一些木馬會有改善
hope casper will protect me
i am a first time user.hope this will protect my p/c
Merci ^^
pour toi mon pote
este e melhor
Je vous remèrcier beaucous
al cavo de 15 minutos se me apaga el ordenador
Mirror for Virus Removal Tool:
downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com/devbuilds/AVPTool
vkdhandapani: There is a Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 page on the forum in the software category. You can get Kaspersky for 6 months free.
need free key for kespersky
el karpesky elimina el virus signature database 2658
I have a question regarding the heuristic analyzer of this tool. What is the effectiveness of setting it from low to high? Does it make anything better?
It is working now. I guess the server temporarily went offline.
I get the error message \”404 Not Found\” Is that link valid?
thanks raymond i have KAV do i need this tool?
Thanks Raymond! That was a quick response. :>
Kaspersky Internet Security is the whole security package that has firewall, antispam and many more. It will definitely slow down your computer a little. If you already have KIS, you don’t need Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool.
I downloaded kaspersky virus removal from here but I cant access it. It says that the file is invalid. How come? And one more thing, does the Kaspersky Internet Security slows down my connection? After I installed it, my computer slowed down already, even the internet. Then I uninstalled it, it speeded up a bit. Please help me. Thanks!
Then use Kaspersky Virusl Removal Tool. You can download yourself.
Raymond pls help me i got infected with Spam-Mailbot.f . pls send me an antivirus which can cure it . macafee cant do it !!!!! pls help me
uh.oh.
so sorry
thank you everytime
i love your articles
You should read the whole article. At the end I’ve already said that “If you want to delete it, you must click Settings at the program and uncheck “Enable Self-Defense” checkbox“
oops
i can’t delete this program
when i try to delete the folder
or uninstall it by excuting unins000.exe,
it says
access was denied
how can I delete this one?
Thank\’s RAYMOND
Good info to me…
That\’s tool what i need…
I hope this not a promotional tool only…
Good KASPERSKY
I take it using several weeks and it is excellent. And the best thing: is portable
hello raymond,.first i will like to say that the blogs are really great and useful,. today i got a problem,.i had installed the Kaspersky virus removal tool,.after that i wanted to remove the tool, you have explain how to remove it but it doesnt work. I only got the Kaspersky Lab Tool Folder!! i ve opened the folder and click the setup_7.0.0.180_09.04.2008_17-37 and a blue screen appeared :S
am working using save mode plz help me out..
Wow! thanks. x)
This is all promotional software, just to promote Kaspersky. Even Mcafee has similar stuff like this…
I know the tool long time ago and the page for a few weeks and the tool it is very very very good… (I use 2 or 3 times by week)
The best thing is that it is portable, it is possible to go in a pendrive.
Best regards…
its a old program, but good – like a russian combofix ;]
thank you
That will work perfectly well along with the McAfee that you helped us get. Thanks Raymond
thankz ray..
thanks raymond
this is one great tool. thanks. 1st