Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool (06.06.09)
Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool
The Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool application is another virus scanner and detection software tool from Kaspersky. The product will scan the specified locations for any virus threats and remove or send them to Quarantine folder.
Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool is an utility 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.
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 and install a full version of antivirus software.
Features
* 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.
* Freeware.
* 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.
Appearance
Icon in the taskbar notification area
Animate taskbar icon when executing tasks: enables/disables the animation of the red K icon in the system tray. If this box is checked, KIS will display the animation while processing scripts or e-mails or during the update process.
Enable semi-transparent windows: if this box is checked, the pop-up notification messages will be semi-transparent.
Enable news notifications: check this box if you want to receive notification of news from Kaspersky Lab. When news are received, the K icon in the system tray will change into a K with a closed envelope. Double-click on the icon to bring up the news window.
Show icon above Microsoft Windows login window: the Kaspersky logo will be displayed in the upper-right corner of the screen at Windows log-in.
Directory with skin descriptions
Use alternative skin: you can use skins to customize the program interface. To do so, check this box and browse to the folder where skin files are stored.
Some ready-to-use skins can be downloaded from here.
Working with reports
From the first of the three drop-down menus at the top of the window, you can select the component you want to see the report for.
From the second one, you can specify how the report information should be organized. The data can be grouped by task, by application, by scan result (where available). Choose the Do not group menu item to leave the report structure as it is.
From the third menu, you can select the events category to be displayed, choosing between Critical events (like malware detection), Important events and All events.
If the logging of one or more event categories is disabled in the Reports settings panel, then the link Disabled will be displayed at the top of the window. Clicking on it will open the Reports settings panel.
The statistics for each component are displayed in the lower part of the window. By clicking on the histogram icon 
, you will switch between graphical view and text view. To hide/show the statistics, click on the window partition icon 
.
Click on the Save button in order to export the current report to a .txt or .csv file.
By clicking on the filter symbol 
in the column headers, you will access the drop-down filter menus. From there you can select the filters to apply to the report data.
For instance, if you select the Tuesday item for the Time column and the Detected item for the Result column, the resulting report will only show the objects detected on Tuesday. If no records match the filter criteria, then no entry will be displayed in the report.
Select the Custom menu item in the filter drop-down menus to access the Custom filter window and create complex filter criteria, combining filters with Boolean operators (AND, OR).
By right-clicking on the column headers, you will access a shortcut menu. From there you will be able to sort the report, perform a text search, apply grouping and filtering conditions, enable/disable the display of certain report columns.
Click on the + sign in the column headers of Application, Object and Result categories to expand the row and bring up more information.
The Reports window
The reports window can be accessed in many different ways from the main program window:
• from the shortcut menu of individual components, by clicking on the name of a component in the right part of the window and then selecting the Reports and statistics item from the context menu.
• by clicking on the component activity graphical representation.
• by clicking on the Reports button in the lower-right corner of the main window.
Reports
Events
All the components of KIS save information about their own activity to report files. Here you can specify which events should be logged and set the maximum size for report files.
Log non-critical events: if this box is checked, non-critical events will be logged. This might require a certain amount of free disk space in order to function properly.
Log file system events: if this box is checked, the file system events will be logged.
Log registry events: if this box is checked, the registry events will be logged.
Store reports no longer than…: after the set time limit has expired, the report files will be automatically overwritten.
Maximum file size: the maximum file size allowed for report files. If the specified size is exceeded, KIS will overwrite the report files with new data.
Click on the Clear… button to clear the report files. In the resulting window, check/uncheck one or more boxes according to your needs.
Statistics
Store statistics no longer than…: after the set time limit has expired, the statistics files will be automatically overwritten.
Notifications
Enable events notifications: turns on/off the events notification. When this box is checked, a pop-up message will be displayed in case certain events occur.
Enable sound notifications: turns on/off the sound alert for events notification.
Use classic sound scheme Windows Default: check this box to use the system default sound alerts.
Enable email notifications: if this box is checked, you will be notified by e-mail when certain events occur. Click on the E-mail settings… button to enter all the required data.
Click on the Settings… button to configure the notification settings for each event. You can check/uncheck one or more of the listed boxes according to your needs.
