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  • 1.  Uninstalling PGP WDE from Lion

    Posted Oct 20, 2011 03:56 AM

     

     

    How do I uninstall PGP WDE from a MacBook running Lion? I originally installed PGP WDE and encrypted the drive on this machine when it was running Leopard. Before upgrading to Snow Leopard, I decrypted the drive. With the drive still decrypted, I upgraded to Lion.But now I can't run PGP to uninstall it because I got an error saying something about how PGP didn't run under Lion. I removed the application folder but I still see pgpwde messages during startup (see below) , and I can't use filevault without bricking my machine (have to boot from recovery partition to fix it). How do I uninstall PGP WDE now that I've upgraded to Lion?

    Here are the PGP messages I see during startup:

    $ sudo dmesg | grep -i pgp
    pgpwde:Located AppleEFINVRAM service.
    PGP Whole Disk Encryption. Copyright (C) 2008 PGP Corporation
    PGP WDE Driver on-line.
    PGP Whole Disk Encryption. Copyright (C) 2008 PGP Corporation
    PGP Whole Disk Encryption. Copyright (C) 2008 PGP Corporation
    Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@B/AppleMCP79AHCI/PRT0@0/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/com_pgp_wde_BlockStorageDriver/APPLE SSD TS256 Media/com_pgp_wde_GUIDPartitionScheme_v2/Macintosh HD@2
    PGP Whole Disk Encryption. Copyright (C) 2008 PGP Corporation


  • 2.  RE: Uninstalling PGP WDE from Lion

    Posted Oct 20, 2011 07:41 AM

    Although not really what you are looking for, I'm offering these links just in case they may be helpful:

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH149057

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO59079



  • 3.  RE: Uninstalling PGP WDE from Lion

    Posted Oct 20, 2011 10:53 AM

    Installing and uninstalling latest version 10.2 should remove all the previous versions



  • 4.  RE: Uninstalling PGP WDE from Lion

    Posted Oct 20, 2011 12:48 PM

    I have the same problem.

    I tried the steps from http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH149057

    but didn't work.

     

    Any tips.

     

    Regards

     

    PS.1.  I use PGP for 12 years and for now on I will not use anymore.

    PS. 2. Where can I find 10.2 to download? Is there a easy way to find it? I'd like just install and unistall.



  • 5.  RE: Uninstalling PGP WDE from Lion
    Best Answer

    Posted Oct 20, 2011 03:16 PM

    You can look for trial @ :

    http://www.symantec.com/business/products/downloads/

    Security section.

    Good luck guys



  • 6.  RE: Uninstalling PGP WDE from Lion

    Posted Oct 21, 2011 05:59 AM

    This solution worked.

    The PGP was completely uninstalled from my MAC and the Lion 10.7.2 is working.

     

    Thanks



  • 7.  RE: Uninstalling PGP WDE from Lion

    Posted Oct 21, 2011 08:19 AM

    Glad to hear that Julian_M's solution worked for you.  If you consider this resolved, please use the Mark As Solution on that post.