How to Remove “kav.exe”

What is kav.exe?

kav.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as Kaspersky Anti-Virus GUI Part. It belongs to software Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal and was developed by Kaspersky Lab.  It is commonly stored in C:\Program files. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as kav.exe to damage the software and hardware.

Affected Platform: Windows OS

How to check if your computer is infected with kav.exe malware?

Malicious authors try to infect the systems with different types of malicious programs. Each form of malicious software is designed to infect the system that creates different issues and impact on the system. One can notice the following changes once the system is infected with kav.exe malware

  • If the internet connection fluctuation is high 
  • If the kav.exe file is taking more of your CPU memory 
  • If the system performance is very low
  • If the system is redirected to some strange websites 
  • If the system is getting some annoying popup ads 
  • If the system freezes quiet often
  • If it invites other malware to infect and damage the system and exploits the same to collect the user private informaton

When one of these happens then you can be sure that your system is infected with setup.exe  malware. To confirm that go to task manager by pressing the combination of keys ctrl+alt+del and go to the process tab and right click on the kav.exe and open the location, if the location is subfolder C:\Program filesfiles then the system is not affected by kav.exe, if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by kav.exe malware.

How to remove kav.exe malware from system using Comodo Antivirus?

Ideally, replacing the existing kav.exe file on your computer with a different version procured from the Internet is advisable. To remove the file using Comodo's trusted and effective antivirus software, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Download the award-winning Comodo Antivirus.

Step 2: Installation configuration frames will be displayed. Select the configuration you would like to apply.

Step 3: After network detection is complete, press “Close” button for a scan window.

Step 4: Restart your PC.

Step 5: It will take some time for the Comodo Internet Security to update the antivirus.

Step 6: Proceed with a quick scan that automatically begins after the update.

Step 7: If threats are found during the scanning, you will be prompted with an alert screen.

Step 8: Comodo Antivirus will remove kav.exe malware from your computer including all other malwares!

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 07 April 2008 at 1:45 pm
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Name
Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
Malware Behavior
1 N/A Executable b25f59799cbbc023
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6dd4b004
26d29ad264e8d166
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Backdoor.Win
32.Nihem.A
No N/A N/A Internal Submission N/A
2 N/A Executable 9a9e224b5f74b399
ceee4a832f25c58e
cbf2bfe7
fbf2bc05ae03d563
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TrojWare.Win
32.NTRootKit
.B
No N/A N/A Internal Submission N/A
3 N/A Executable 5b4467217819c5fc
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2c8fc59a
1d350a54f6f27da5
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Unclassified
Malware
No 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Internal Submission N/A
4 N/A Non-executable 7e9311f26d6ef564
3f1ada1d7af8128d
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b1a9613c0c51d82e
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TrojWare.Win
32.Krap.w
No N/A N/A Internal Submission N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 05 June 2008 at 3:57 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 N/A Executable 87a3da9940009212
ede12d792f512c61
8ff1c6b7
5de78f8ec14107fe
6ae5c4fb1b67dabf
No N/A N/A Taiwan
2 Blue Byte Software, Inc. Executable dc11a4f137200a5b
8edc22850968e6f0
6abdac42
aae7ef8dfffb53a1
b8fd0fed865f8ee2
No 1, 0, 0, 2 1, 0, 0, 0 Germany
3 N/A Executable a6477a7774fc61e5
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e3c1a44d
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No N/A N/A United States
4 Kaspersky Labs Executable 49c5dec15177d548
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No 5.0.121.1 5.0.0.0 Germany
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