How to remove kav error

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kav.exe file information

The process Kaspersky Anti-Virus GUI Part or Personal Pro Tray GUI Component or Defender Pro Anti-Virus GUI Part belongs to the software Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal or Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro or kav.exe" -run -n PersonalPro -v 5.0.0.0 -chkss or Defender Pro or Defender Pro Anti-Virus by Kaspersky Lab (www.kaspersky.com) or Kaspersky Labs (www.kaspersky.com) or Defender Pro LLC.

Description: File kav.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows XP are 139367 bytes (51% of all occurrence), 155751 bytes, 98407 bytes, 446598 bytes, 127079 bytes, 122979 bytes, 387687 bytes, 123018 bytes, 127075 bytes, 131175 bytes.
The program has a visible window. It is not a Windows system file. The program is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). Therefore the technical security rating is 18% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

External information from Paul Collins:

"KAVPersonal50" must run at start up. Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal 5.0

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as kav.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the kav.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

Bei mir gehört es zu Steganos AntiVirus 2006, hat ständig eine CPU Auslastung von 100%
PAT

so it says it should be located under a c:\program files\ folder... so i guess since symantec antivirus indentified it as a trojan (trojan.dropper), and it is located under system32 folder... i guess deleting it would make a good benefit to me... besides, I have no Kaspersky antivirus installed here.
Argantes

I don't have a kaspersky antivirus, but I have this file in System folder. McAfee calls it new malware.
Temo

If this file is 32kb then it is likely a virus,beware!

Belongs to Kaspersky antivirus

This is the main application of Kaspersky AntiVirus
Kenneth Friis Knudsen (further information)

Summary: 8 users think kav.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 1 user think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 4 users think kav.exe is dangerous and recommend to remove it..

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