Overview
A safe way to remove viruses from a computer without the risk of getting infected
Written by Elena Opris ( A Softpedia Editor) on October 9th, 2012
Kaspersky Rescue Disk is a virus removal solution for critical situations. It was designed to be used when regular antivirus software fails in detecting and cleaning a system of various infections.
If you own Kaspersky Antivirus or Kaspersky Internet Security, the Rescue Disk can be recorded directly via these products. If not, the ISO can be burned on a CD/DVD using your disc burner or choice. It can also be placed on a bootable USB device and launched from there.
Here’s how it works: set your system to boot from the CD / DVD/ USB device, insert the disc or the stick and restart the system. After a quick loading process, you are acquainted with the interface of Kaspersky Rescue Disc.
You simply select the objects Kaspersky should process (disk boot sectors, hidden startup objects, or local hard drives), and hit the scan button. The Rescue Disk then delivers a report of all malicious objects found in your system, such as viruses and Trojans, but also adware and other similar software. Infected files can be quarantined, disinfected, or removed.
The Settings menu allows you to configure the current security level, file types, scan optimization (i.e. skip files scanned longer than a given number of seconds), archive scanning, installation packages, and others.
Updates are done on a regular basis, and notifications can be set for malware detection or modifications, obsolete databases, failed tasks, or others.
In conclusion, Kaspersky Rescue Disk is a great way to remove threats that can’t be cleaned by standard antivirus solution. It requires quite the amount of effort (burning the CD / DVD), but it succeeds where other security solutions fail.
Written by Elena Opris ( A Softpedia Editor) on October 9th, 2012
Kaspersky Rescue Disk is a virus removal solution for critical situations. It was designed to be used when regular antivirus software fails in detecting and cleaning a system of various infections.
If you own Kaspersky Antivirus or Kaspersky Internet Security, the Rescue Disk can be recorded directly via these products. If not, the ISO can be burned on a CD/DVD using your disc burner or choice. It can also be placed on a bootable USB device and launched from there.
Here’s how it works: set your system to boot from the CD / DVD/ USB device, insert the disc or the stick and restart the system. After a quick loading process, you are acquainted with the interface of Kaspersky Rescue Disc.
You simply select the objects Kaspersky should process (disk boot sectors, hidden startup objects, or local hard drives), and hit the scan button. The Rescue Disk then delivers a report of all malicious objects found in your system, such as viruses and Trojans, but also adware and other similar software. Infected files can be quarantined, disinfected, or removed.
The Settings menu allows you to configure the current security level, file types, scan optimization (i.e. skip files scanned longer than a given number of seconds), archive scanning, installation packages, and others.
Updates are done on a regular basis, and notifications can be set for malware detection or modifications, obsolete databases, failed tasks, or others.
In conclusion, Kaspersky Rescue Disk is a great way to remove threats that can’t be cleaned by standard antivirus solution. It requires quite the amount of effort (burning the CD / DVD), but it succeeds where other security solutions fail.
What's new in Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10.0.31.4:
On February 20th, 2012
- Options of the network configuring (including Wi-Fi and Wi-MAX) has been enhanced.
- Computer loading from a USB-drive has been improved.
- Boot speed of a distributive has been improved.
- Work in the graphic and text modes has been improved.
- Program modules have been updated.
- Kernel of the operating system has been updated.
- Third-party program packages have been updated.
What's new in Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10:
On February 20th, 2012
- Kaspersky Registry Editor - a tool to edit the Windows registry â has been added.
- Kaspersky WindowsUnlocker - a tool to fight scam programs â has been added.
- Support of DSL/PPP-connections has been added.
- Automatic connection of USB-drives is now supported.
How to Use the Kaspersky Rescue Disk to Clean Your Infected PC
This Method is Taken From HOWTOGEEK
When you’re dealing with a PC that is completely infected in viruses, sometimes the best thing to do is reboot into a rescue disk and run a full virus scan from there. Here’s how to use the Kaspersky Rescue Disk to clean an infected PC.
There’s lots of ways to clean an infected PC, like booting into an Ubuntu Live CD and scanning for viruses, but this is an extremely simple—and free—solution from a trusted anti-virus vendor.
There’s lots of ways to clean an infected PC, like booting into an Ubuntu Live CD and scanning for viruses, but this is an extremely simple—and free—solution from a trusted anti-virus vendor.
Download and Burn the Image to a Disc
The first thing you’ll need to download Kespersky Recue Disk. Download from Our Website, Link is below. And then use an application to burn that ISO image file to an optical disk. We recommend you to use ImgBurn, download the latest version from our website just click on the link to download the latest version of ImgBurn.
Using the Kaspersky Rescue Disk to Clean an Infected PC
Once you’ve got the disc in hand, put it into the PC and reboot—you should see a new screen that says “Press any key to enter the menu”, at which point you should probably press any key. To enter the menu, of course. If you don’t, it’ll boot normally into Windows.
At this point you’ll be able to choose whether to use the Graphic or Text mode, and we’d recommend using the Graphic mode unless there’s some problem, which there really shouldn’t be.
You’ll be prompted to type the letter “a” to accept the agreement. What’s weird is that it didn’t work with a capital letter “A” for us, even though that’s what it shows in the screenshot.
Within a few short seconds you should see the full working environment, with the Kaspersky Rescue Disk screen front and center.
The first thing you want to do is switch tabs over to the My Update Center, and then click the Start update button to load the latest anti-virus definitions from their web site—this is a critical step!
Once done, switch back over to the Objects Scan tab, select the drives you want to scan, and then click the Start Objects Scan button.
The scan will run, and clean up any viruses that it finds. You’ll be prompted when you do encounter a virus, and you’ll have to choose whether to clean or quarantine the files—the typical anti-virus behavior.
If you need to do some more work or research on the PC, you can access some tools directly from the menu below, which has a fully working web browser, command line, and a file manager.
If you need to do some more work or research on the PC, you can access some tools directly from the menu below, which has a fully working web browser, command line, and a file manager.
You’ll be able to access your Windows partition through the /discs/C: folder, and do any other maintenance work you need to do.
That’s pretty much all there is to it. Enjoy cleaning viruses.
Some Screenshots with Titles
"Kaspersky Rescue Disk will provide users with a safe way to remove viruses from a computer without the risk of getting infected"
"Users will be welcomed by a friendly Linux-based environment as soon as the LiveCD has boot up"
"The Kaspesky Rescue Disk dedicated application within the booted operating system will help you get rid of the malware"