Kaspersky

> johnmcg wrote:

> > When I go into Control panel/Windows security, I get the message “you have
> > multiple antivirus programs, but none of them are turned and up to date. When
> > I click on “turn on�, then click on “show me the antivirus programs on this
> > computer�, it shows me McAfee virus scan (which I removed from the PC), and
> > Kaspersky Internet security (which I recently added to the PC) and which
> > appears to be working OK.
> > When I click on Kaspersky Internet security, and click on “Yes I trust this
> > program and am ready to run it� it still says the status is off. I have tried
> > going through this procedure several times, and it still says the status is
> > “off�, although the Kaspersky antivirus program seems to be working OK.
> > Please help,

>
> It sounds like you have not thoroughly removed the McAfee product.
> First, use the McAfee removal tool which you can find here:
>
> http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=71943
>
> Then test to see if Kaspersky is identified and working correctly. If
> Windows Security Center still shows McAfee as installed, do one of the
> two methods below:
>
> When Security Center reports an av or firewall that has been
> uninstalled, try this (make a System Restore point first):
>
> Start>Run>services.msc [enter]
>
> Scroll down to Windows Management Instrumentation and double-click it.
> Now click on the "Pause" button. Leave that window open and double-click
> My Computer. Navigate to %systemroot%\Windows\System32\wbem (where
> %systemroot% is the drive where XP is installed). Delete the Repository
> folder and *only* the Repository folder. Now go back to the WMI service
> window you left open and restart the service.
>
> This will rebuild the Repository and hopefully straighten out the
> incorrect entries for all your duplicates.
>
> In order to see the Windows files, you may need to unhide them:
>
> Make sure you are able to see all hidden files and extensions (View tab
> in Folder Options applet in Control Panel).
>
> *****>The wbem thing from MVP Torgeir Bakken (more elegant)
>
> Open a command window (Start/Run --> cmd.exe) and run the following
> commands: (you will need to run cmd elevated in Vista)
>
> net stop winmgmt
> cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem
> ren repository repository.old
> net start winmgmt
>
> (or alternatively delete it using the command "rd /s repository" instead
> of the ren command)
>
> It may take a minute or so to complete while WMI rebuilds the database.
>
> Malke
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>

> When I go into Control panel/Windows security, I get the message “you have
> multiple antivirus programs, but none of them are turned and up to date. When
> I click on “turn on�, then click on “show me the antivirus programs on this
> computer�, it shows me McAfee virus scan (which I removed from the PC), and
> Kaspersky Internet security (which I recently added to the PC) and which
> appears to be working OK.
> When I click on Kaspersky Internet security, and click on “Yes I trust this
> program and am ready to run it� it still says the status is off. I have tried
> going through this procedure several times, and it still says the status is
> “off�, although the Kaspersky antivirus program seems to be working OK.
> Please help,
> --
> John McGoldrick