How to remove kavsvc error

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The process Kaspersky Anti-Virus Service or Defender Pro Anti-Virus Service or Steganos AntiVirus Service or Kaspersky Antivirus Service belongs to the software Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal or Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro or kavsvc.exe or Defender Pro or Àíòèâèðóñ Êàñïåðñêîãî Personal or Defender Pro Anti-Virus or Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Workstations or Steganos AntiVirus or Netintelligence Anti-Virus or Plesk 7.6.1 for Microsoft by Kaspersky Lab (www.kaspersky.com) or Kaspersky Labs (www.kaspersky.com) or Defender Pro LLC or Steganos GmbH.

Description: File kavsvc.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" or sometimes in a subfolder of C:\ (mainly C:\Program Files\Kaspersky Lab\Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal\). Known file sizes on Windows XP are 917,610 bytes (31% of all occurrence), 905,322 bytes, 548,970 bytes, 622,698 bytes, 974,954 bytes, 958,570 bytes, 532,582 bytes, 1,020,010 bytes, 532,621 bytes, 897,130 bytes, 999,530 bytes, 1,003,626 bytes, 1,069,162 bytes, 1,114,218 bytes, 544,870 bytes, 1,138,794 bytes, 86,080 bytes.
The program has no visible window. File kavsvc.exe is not a Windows core file. Program uses ports to connect to LAN or Internet. kavsvc.exe is able to hide itself, monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 56% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as kavsvc.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the kavsvc.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

used by both Kaspersky AV and Defender Pro AV. Uses a lot of system resources, but vital to those programs.
me

Came as part of Defender Pro 5-in-1 and is rated very highly as an anti-virus. True, has a long scan time and it uploads virus definitions every 3 hours which slow down my computer somewhat, but I haven't any problems and I'm not in any particular hurry.
Howard

Just got it yesterday and Im not able to quarantine trojan viruses easily from my system32 file. Yeah I know my computer has gone to $#*@. :)
Derrick

It will slow a computer down that doesnt have enough RAM during a full scan. Change the settings of your program to have it run a full scan at a time that you are not using your computer.
Kevin: MCP, MCDST

Eats up so much system resources, feel like I have a 286. I had to reload 3 times, each time it would block my internet. Junk.
not2old

It's Kaspersky anti-virus.
Pet.

Mine did not show up untill I loaded

I finally removed this mess by renaming the kavsvc.exe file in the "C:\Program Files\Kaspersky Lab\Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal" folder, then uninstalling it and restart, LIFE IS MUCH BETTER NOW.
Ahmad Mohammad

A very good anti-virus program that you can program how you want. Blocks most of the trojans, worms, and viruses. Never had problems with it. I use it with Outpost firewall Pro.
Mark (further information)

Best Anti Virus Program.
Rob

Kaspersky is the man who created the heuristic scan and all other anti-virus software are using his technology. If your computer become unusable, it's because you may still had another anti-virus software installed at the same time. Kaspersky Anti-virus and the firewall Anti-Hacker from the same company are the best. I highly recommend it, but remove your old software first of all.
Nqchos

Kaspersky Antivirus. Best Anti-V on the market. I would trust their work over Microsofts.
MickyS

Diese Datei gehört zum Kaspersky AntiVirus
Sven

This is definitly NOT a virus/trojan. It is part of the Kaspersky Anti-Virus database and it is one of the best anti-viruses avialable on the market, detects trojans, keyloggers, sub7 trojans and many many others. For the guy that said a Microsoft program detected it as a virus, the Microsoft program probably detected a file with a virus that is in the quarentine section of Kaspersky which contains virus files isolated from other files but not deleted in Kaspersky. This is the best AV and much better then any Microsoft product.
Doyle

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Summary: 37 users think kavsvc.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's probably harmless. 4 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 3 users suspect danger. 8 users think kavsvc.exe is dangerous and recommend to remove it.. 4 users doesn't grade kavsvc.exe ("not sure about it").

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