Silent uninstall of Symantec End Point Agent with passing the password in a cmd and without needing to supply password
Updated: 29 Jul 2010 | 7 comments
I know this may of been mentioned before but thread stopped getting responses it seems and all replies were PM's
I have automated installs of 10.1.7 7000 which I believe is just 10.2 and want to be able to remove but a password has been set. I'd like to know how to pass the password info in the command line or even bypass it altogether allowing us to silently remove previous installaitons of AV client.
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De facto when AV does something, it starts jumping up and down, waving its arms, and shouting "Hey! I found a virus! Look at me! I'm soooo goooood!"
Hi
Here is the document you are looking for
Uninstalling Symantec AntiVirus 10.x or Symantec Client Security 3.x silently
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2006053113361148
I have explained it here
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/sav-8-sep-11my-success-story
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Sandeep Cheema Thanks for
Sandeep Cheema
Thanks for the tip, forgot to mention my problem is with Win64 versions. I have used the below for uninstalling on x86 Win32 systems only. REG hack does not seem to work on Win64 systems. Entire String \ Value doesn't exist on Win64 systems. Adding it doesn't do anything either : ) I need to remove from Win64 systems where there is a password and don't want to have to go into the Admin Managment console to toggle not to use password if I don't have too
Win32 Systems Only ( Reg hack does not work on Win64 )
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\INTEL\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\AdministratorOnly\Security /v UseVPUninstallPassword /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REM --- Symantec AntiVirus
MsiExec.exe /X{2085C617-589C-40F8-BE40-EDBC9E2CA2EB} /quiet /norestart
REM -- Sevinstall
"%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SEVINST.EXE" /U /Q
REM ---- LiveUpdate 3.2 (Symantec Corporation)
"%ProgramFiles%\Symantec\LiveUpdate\LSETUP.EXE" /U /Q
Nevermind I found it under
Nevermind I found it under
wow6432node key
Sweet...
Sweet...
De facto when AV does something, it starts jumping up and down, waving its arms, and shouting "Hey! I found a virus! Look at me! I'm soooo goooood!"
What is the reason you can't
What is the reason you can't just take the password out of place?
Considerations if an uninstall password is in place
If you set a password for client uninstallation, you cannot uninstall the client silently. Clients with an uninstall password are prompted for the password, which must be entered manually. To uninstall the client silently, disable the password.
To disable the client uninstall password
If you are the admin this won't be a problem, and if you are not the admin then you should contact your admin and not attempt an uninstall. He/She obviously put this in place for a reason.
Cheers
Grant
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Hello Grant. I stumbled on
Hello Grant. I stumbled on your message while searching for an answer in my issue. The deal is that the company where I just started working as an IT-support, has bought SEP v11 and its administrator service from an apparenty evil company that refuses to give us the admin password! So yes, they got their reason, money. We won't tolerate such tool for blackmail so I'm searching for a way to get rid of the install or a way to rewrite the password. Getting tech support is a bit tricky though since that ancient deal my predecessors made with the evil company didnt involve giving us any serial/customer numbers.
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