Windows 10: Kaspersky Antivirus Limitations After Installing Windows 11 Updates

Hello, I'm facing a Kaspersky antivirus limitation error, "There may be some features limitations when running on this version of Microsoft Windows 11. More about support from Microsoft Windows 11", after these two Windows updates.After visiting the link provided on the Kaspersky app, I found this is related to Out Of Box Experience or Device Guard mode.Article by Kaspersky: https://support.kaspersky.co.uk/kav21/limitations/15513#dguardRelated Microsoft article: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/credential-guard/credential-guard-manageBut in my case, Device

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Windows 11 install Kaspersky issue

I just wanted to share the experience I had with installing Windows 11, specifically the Kaspersky Total Security road block that was thrown up. A little background info: I uninstalled Kaspersky Total Security 2020 (or so I thought) in early April when I encountered a problem logging onto Kaspersky's "My Kaspersky" website. When I tried to login to the website I received a message that said, in essence, this was not a secure site. When I received that message my jaw dropped in disbelief, since I had trusted Kaspersky products for more than ten years to provide security for all of my sensitive information. Long story short, I uninstalled Kaspersky Total Security from all of my PCs and mobile devices and installed Bitdefender Total Security in its place and have been pleasantly surprised by it and recommend it.

So, after running the PC Healthcheck app and building a new machine (new motherboard, processor, and memory) to meet Windows 11 specs I received a message via Windows Update that Windows 11 was available for me to download and install. I downloaded it successfully, but, when trying to install I got a message after 35% of the installation that I needed to update my Kaspersky Total Security. Here is the screenshot of the message I received:





After typing "Kaspersky" in the Search area and eliminating all of the folders it pointed to and then retrying the install I was still receiving that message. I then downloaded Kaspersky's removal tool (kavremvr.exe) and tried to uninstall various Kaspersky products listed in its drop down list since the app didn't specifically list the version I had had installed which was Kaspersky Total Security 2020. After each attempted uninstall I rebooted my PC and tried to install Windows 11, but to no avail, as I received the same message. Then, something told me to look in the Program Files(X86) folder located in the boot partition and there I found a Kaspersky folder that hadn't shown up in the search. I then deleted this folder at the same time the "Checking to see if you're ready to update screen" was running and when I went back to that screen it gave me the message : "this window will close in a few seconds and we'll let you know when Windows 11 is ready to update". After receiving that message everything went smoothly with the exception of having to enter the UEFI BIOS and re-configuring the boot options so that the correct boot partition was being selected as the first boot option.

I just wanted to share this info so that if anyone else encountered this problem or something similar it would be of some help. Hope this helps someone.

In addition, I wanted to point out that Kaspersky (as well as some other software companies) goes to great lengths to make sure their install programs work correctly, but not necessarily their uninstall programs. Their uninstall program left several folders on my operating system that should have been a no-brainer to clean up while uninstalling (in the boot partitions' Program Files(x86) folder, really Kaspersky! What's up with that?). In my opinion, Kaspersky's quality fell a long way in 2020.

Also, I wanted to congratulate Microsoft on a job well done. In this upgrade they are trying their best to help users keep their devices secure by telling them what they need to do to keep their devices secure while the device is going through the upgrade process.

Thank you,

Rick

 

Kaspersky Update Quarantines Windows Explorer

We all know that Windows Explorer can be a bit of a nuisance from time to time, but classifying it as malware is a little extreme. However, that’s just what an update for Kaspersky Lab’s antivirus did earlier this week, resulting in explorer.exe being quarantined or, in extreme cases, deleted. The update, which was released at around 7:00pm on Wednesday, was only active for about two hours before Kaspersky became aware of the issue and withdrew it to limit the damaged it caused. David Emm, a senior technology consultant at Kaspersky, gave the following statement:

Fortunately only one corporate customer and a handful of home users have reported being affected by this problem.

Source: ZDNet.com

 

windows xp installation and dual core am

could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx