Kaspersky has launched a new virus removal tool named KVRT for the Linux platform. This free tool allows users to scan their systems and remove malware and other known threats. KVRT is not a real-time threat protection tool but a standalone scanner that can detect malware, adware, legitimate programs abused for malicious purposes, and other known threats.
The tool can scan system memory, startup objects, boot sectors, and all files in the operating system for known malware. It can handle files of all formats, including archived ones. Kaspersky has tested the tool on popular Linux distributions and confirmed it works on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Linux Mint, Ubuntu, SUSE, openSUSE, and Debian, among others.
However, if regular users execute the scanner, it won’t have the required permissions to scan all directories and partitions where threats could be hiding. Therefore, it’s recommended to run the tool under a superuser account (root) to ensure comprehensive scanning and threat removal.
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