Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool September 14, 2011

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The Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool application was designed to be another virus scanner and detection software from Kaspersky. The product will scan the specified locations for any virus threats and remove them or send to Quarantine folder.
Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool is a utility designed to remove all types of threats from computers. Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool uses the effective detection algorithms realized in Kaspersky Anti-Virus and AVZ.

Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool does not provide resident protection for your computer. After disinfecting a computer, you are supposed to remove the tool and install a full version of antivirus software.

Advantages:

Simplified interface.
Can be installed to an infected computer (Safe Mode supported).
Composite scan and disinfection system: signature detection and heuristic analyzer.
Gathering system information and interactive creation of scripts for disinfection.

General functions:

Automatic and manual removal of virus, Trojans and worms.
Automatic and manual removal of Spyware and Adware modules.
Automatic and manual removal of all types of rootkits.

Known issues:

System memory scan is unavailable in x64 versions of Windows XP / Vista / 7 due to specific features of application system drivers.
Impossible to rename application folder if User Account Control is enabled in Windows Vista settings and application Self-Defence disabled.

Support rules for Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool:

Technical support is provided only for users of Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Kaspersky Internet Security. If you are not a user of a Kaspersky Lab product, then in order to get technical support available for the tool, visit Kaspersky Lab
The tool should be used for disinfection purpose under expert guidance via the service http://kaspersky-911.com.
Unguided creation of scripts can result in a data loss or crippled computer.
Having virus on your computer is always a risk of crippling it or losing data. Kaspersky Lab does not take any responsibility for the possible harm inflicted by virus during disinfection.

Editors note: Download takes you to Kaspersky to get the latest version. This is often updated multiple times per day.
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