The Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool is a standalone virus scanner and detection software which can be installed on (and runs from) any drive, including portable ones. The utility is designed to remove all types of infections from your computer. Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool implies effective algorithms of detection used by Kaspersky Anti-Virus and AVZ Antiviral Toolkit. The product will scan the specified locations for any virus threats and remove them or send to Quarantine folder.

Attention: Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool is not capable for real-time protection of your computer. As soon as your computer is cleaned you are supposed to remove the tool (although not mandatory - when closing the utility, you are offered the option to remove it or not). After you have removed the tool from your computer, Quarantine and Backup will be deleted as well.

Highlights

- Easy interface.
- Can be installed to an infected machine (Safe Mode supported).
- Integral search and removal of malicious software: effective combination of signature detection and heuristic analyzer.
- System Analysis and interactive scripting language.

Basic functions

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

Supported OS

- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (Service Pack 4 or higher)
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Service Pack 2 or higher)
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2 or higher)

Requirements for 2000/XP

- Intel Pentium 300 MHz or higher (or compatible)
- 128 Mb of free RAM

- Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic (32-bits)
- Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bits)
- Microsoft Windows Vista Business (32-bits)
- Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise (32-bits)
- Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (32-bits)

Requirements for Vista

- Intel Pentium 800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or higher (or compatible)
- 512 Mb of free RAM

Requirements for all OS

- 25 Mb hard disk space