Installing, Removing, or Changing Dr.Web

Before installing Dr.Web Agent for Windows get familiar with system requirements. In addition, it is recommended to do the following:

Install all critical updates released by Microsoft for the OS version used on your computer (they are available on the company update site at https://windowsupdate.microsoft.com).

Check the file system with system utilities and remove the detected defects.

Close all active applications.

Note

Remove any anti-virus softwareand firewalls  from your computer to prevent possible incompatibility of resident components.

 

To install Dr.Web, the user must have administrative privileges.

You can install, change, or uninstall Dr.Web in one of the following ways:

1.Remotely—from the central protection server through the network. Performed by the administrator of the anti-virus network. No user action is required.

2.Locally—directly on the user's computer. For Dr.Web installation, you can use the full installer or personal installation package.

There are two installation modes of Dr.Web anti-virus software:

command line mode;

wizard mode.