How to Remove Malware with Free Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool
Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool is a fully functional, on-demand and frequently updated utility that can detect and remove viruses, Trojans, worms, Spyware, Adware and rootkits from a PC. This tool is highly configurable, options to scan particular folders, scan depth customization, use combination of signature detection and heuristic analyzer, rootkit deep scan etc are available.
This can be used as an on-demand scanner to supplement your installed antivirus software for periodical scans or when malware strikes your computer and you are unable to run the resident antivirus. This is an ideal utility to try and clean an existing infection from your computer as this tool supports running in Windows safe mode and from an USB flash drive.
Using a clean computer, download the latest version of Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool from Kaspersky.
Copy the downloaded setup file to an USB flash drive, when you are trying to clean an infected system.
Boot in to Windows Safe mode, especially if you are trying to clean an infected system.
Click to run the setup.exe file
Click browse to change the installation location. Choose your USB flash drive and click OK and then click Next.
The setup will extract the files to Virus Removal Tool folder in your selected location and the main Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool window will open.
Automatic Scan
Place a check mark in the box next to My computer and then click on the Settings section to modify various scan settings. Here it should be noted that changing the default scan settings is likely to increase the time taken to complete the scan, but it will be the most complete scan of the entire computer. I recommend customizing the settings if you suspect that a virus has infected your computer.
In the settings window, click on Customize and then in the custom settings window select click on Heuristic analyzer tab.
Now place a check mark in the box next to Enable deep rootkit search and then move the slider to High in Scan depth section. Click OK and Apply your way out.
In the main window, click Scan to start the scan. Be patient, once the scan process is completed, the scan window lists the malware found. Right click on an item provides many options. Press the Neutralize all button to let the tool clean your computer.
The cleaning process is interactive with an alert window popup for every infection and the user to allowed to choose any option between Disinfect, Delete and Skip. The detection and disinfection/deletion process may be saved to a text file.
Once the process is completed, click the close button on the main window to unload and uninstall the program.
It is advisable to uninstall the program as malware change and mutate rapidly. This copy of the Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool will be outdated by the time you need it again as it has no definition update function. It’s best to download the software containing the latest virus definition database only when you actually need it.
Manual Cure
The Manual Cure mode is useful when the automatic scan could not perform full cleanup of all Malware. In the Manual Cure mode, a system information log is sent to Kaspersky experts for analysis and the cure is usually through interactive scripting language. If the system information collection scan hangs, try to run it in safe mode.
In the main window click on Manual Cure tab and then click Collect System Information, to start the process.
Once the process is completed the report is saved as avptool_syscheck.zip in the Virus Removal Tool folder. The log file may be sent to the Kaspersky support forum for analysis and cure.
