Installing and Uninstalling

This section describes how to install and uninstall Dr.Web Desktop Security Suite, as well as how to obtain current updates and upgrade to a new version, if the previous version of Dr.Web Desktop Security Suite is already installed on your computer.

Moreover, this section describes the procedure of custom installation and uninstallation of the components of Dr.Web Desktop Security Suite (for example, to resolve errors that occurred during its operation or to install it with a limited feature set) and configuration of advanced security subsystems (such as SELinux) that could be necessary for installation or operation of Dr.Web Desktop Security Suite.

To perform these procedures, superuser (the root user) privileges are required. To gain superuser privileges, use the su command to change the current user or the sudo command to run the specified command as a different user.

Compatibility of Dr.Web Desktop Security Suite with anti-virus products of other developers is not guaranteed. Due to the fact that the installation of two anti-viruses on one computer can cause errors of the operating system and a loss of important data, it is strongly recommended that you uninstall anti-virus products of other developers before the installation of Dr.Web Desktop Security Suite.

If your computer already has another Dr.Web anti-virus product installed from the universal package (.run), and you want to install one more Dr.Web anti-virus product (for example, you have Dr.Web Server Security Suite installed from the universal package, and in addition to it you want to install Dr.Web Desktop Security Suite), make sure that the version of the installed product is the same as the version of Dr.Web Desktop Security Suite you want to install. If the version to be installed is newer than the installed product version, before installation update the installed Dr.Web product to the version of the product you want to install additionally.