Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Workstations version 6.0.4.x

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	How to remotely uninstall Kaspersky Lab software on client computers? How to install/update version/remove Kaspersky Anti-Virus version 6.0 MP4 via Group Policy Object Editor Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 & Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8 for Windows removal tool

You can use the following methods to uninstall Kaspersky Anti-Virus version 6.0.4.x:

Uninstall the product via Setup Wizard

Uninstall the product using Windows OS standard means

Uninstall the product from the command line

Uninstall via Kaspersky Administration Kit. Remote uninstall

Uninstall using the Group Policy Object Editor

Uninstall using a special remover tool

Uninstall the product via Setup Wizard

• Go to Start – All Programs – Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Workstations/SOS/Windows Servers MP4 -Modify, Repair or Remove.
• Setup Wizard will start. Choose Remove.
• In the next window, you can select if you want any data accumulated and used by the program to be saved on your PC.
  
  To delete all the Kaspersky Anti-Virus data, select Complete uninstall.
  
  To save the necessary data, select Save application objects and check boxes of the objects you want to save:
• Keep activation data – key file needed by the program to work.
• Keep Anti-Spam database - this database is used for recognition of unsolicited e-mails. It contains the detailed information on what to consider spam.
• Keep backup and quarantine files
• backup copies of deleted and disinfected objects. It is recommended to keep such objects to be able to restore them later.
• objects possibly infected with viruses or their modifications. Such objects contain a code that resembles a know virus code yet its malicious status cannot be confirmed. It is recommended to keep them because they may prove to be not infected or it may become possible to disinfect them after updating the signature databases.
• Keep application settings - program components settings.
• Keep iSwift data - this base contains information about the checked NTFS file system objects. It speeds up object scan. This database makes Kaspersky Anti-Virus scan only the objects that were modified after the last scan.
  
  

  

  
  

If the period of time between removing one version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus and installing another one was long, you should not use the iSwift database you saved when removing the program. If your PC got infected with a malicious code during that period of time, old database may be unable to detect its actions leading to a virus outbreak on your PC.

• To start the selected process, click Next. Program uninstall process will begin.

Uninstall usually requires to reboot the PC. It is necessary to update system changes.  When you get a prompt to reboot your PC, select Yes if you want to reboot the PC immediately, or No if you are going to reboot it manually later.

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• Go to Start – Control Panel – Add or Remove Programs (for Windows Vista / Windows 7: Programs – Uninstall a program).
• Select the program Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Workstations/SOS/Windows Servers MP4.
• Click Remove.
• After removing the program, you may get a prompt to reboot your PC. Click Yes to reboot the PC immediately. If you want to reboot your PC later, click No.

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Uninstall the product from the command line.

You can uninstall the product from the command line, either with user’s control (via Setup wizard) or in a silent mode.

• msiexec /x <package> - run Setup Wizard to remove the program.
• msiexec /x <package> /qn – remove the program in silent mode without rebooting (you will need to reboot the PC manually after the program is uninstalled).
• msiexec /x <package> ALLOWREBOOT=1 /qn - remove the program in silent mode and reboot the PC after the program is uninstalled.
  
  

  

  
  

If during the program installation process you set a password to protect the program from removal, you need to indicate that password when you remove it. Otherwise the uninstall process will fail.

• msiexec /x <packet> KLUNINSTPASSWD=****** – uninstall the program using this password to confirm its removal.
• msiexec /x <packet> KLUNINSTPASSWD=****** /qn – uninstall the program in silent mode using this password to confirm its removal.

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Uninstall via the Kaspersky Administration Kit program complex. Remote uninstall.

Kaspersky Administration Kit allows a Kaspersky Anti-Virus uninstall to be started simultaneously on multiple PCs from administrator’s PC. The running uninstall process will not be displayed on these PCs (depends on the Administration Kit settings), and will not distract users from their work.

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Remote uninstall of Kaspersky Lab’s programs without using Administration Kit.

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When uninstalled via standard Windows means (Control Panel – Add/Remove Programs), Kaspersky Anti-Virus version 6.0 MP4 may fail to uninstall or uninstall incompletely due to an error. In this case it is recommended to use the special remover tool for Kaspersky Anti-Virus version 6.0.4.x.

If this article has not helped you to uninstall Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0.4.x, please submit a request to the Technical Support service.

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