Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition

It can be done one of the following ways:

• locally;
  
• from command line prompt;
  
• via Kaspersky Administration Kit;
  
• via Active Directory group policies.
  

Administration tools can be uninstalled one of the following ways:

• locally;
• from command line prompt;
• via Active Directory group policies.
  

1. Go to Start > All programs > Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition > Uninstall Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0.
   
   
2. Select Remove program components.
   
   
3. Check corresponding boxes if you want to export quarantine and backup storage contents.
   
   
4. Confirm removal in the next step.
   
   A reboot might require after removing Kaspersky Anti-Virus.
   

1. Go to Start > All programs > Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition > Administration Tools > Modify or remove.
   
   
2. Select Remove program components.
   
   
3. Confirm removal in the next step.
   

msiexec /x kavws.msi [RESTOREQTN] [RESTOREBCK] [RESTOREPATH]

There are optional switches allowing to restore quarantine and backup storages in a separate folder after removing Kaspersky Anti-Virus.

RESTOREQTN=<value> - restore quarantine contents.

0 – delete quarantine contents (by default).

1 – restore quarantined objects in a folder defined by the switch RESTOREPATH.

RESTOREBCK=<value> - restore backup storage contents.

0 – delete backup storage contents (by default).

1 – restore backup storage contents in a folder defined by the switch RESTOREPATH.

RESTOREPATH=<full_folder_path> - folder for objects restored from quarantine and backup storage.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus key files will also be saved in this folder.

Default value - %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Kaspersky Lab\KAV for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition\8.0\Uninstall

msiexec /x kavwstools.msi

1. Open the console Active Directory Users and Computers on the domain controller and right-click the organizational unit you want to remove Anti-Virus or Administration Tools from, and invoke the command Properties.
   
   
2. Go to the tab Group Policy.
   
   
3. Right-click the group policy used to install Anti-Virus and select Edit.
   
   
4. Right-click Anti-Virus/Administration Tools installation package in the node Software Installation and invoke the command All tasks > Remove (Computer configuration > Software settings > Software Installation).
   
   
5. Select Immediately uninstall the software from users and computers.
   
   
6. Apply the changes with a command:

• gpupdate/force – for Microsoft Windows Server 2003;
  
  Anti-Virus will be deleted from the computers after a reboot before logging into Microsoft Windows.
  
  

VIA KASPERSKY ADMINISTRATION KIT

Kaspersky Administration Kit can be used to uninstall only Kaspersky Anti-Virus and only with default uninstallation properties (quarantined and backup storage objects get deleted). It is impossible to uninstall Administration Tools this way.

Create a group or global remote uninstallation task and run it on corresponding servers to remove Kaspersky Anti-Virus.