amazingly, based on an 18th month contract I finished last April, the McAfee 8.7 Enterprise VirusScan installer included an uninstaller that did, in *most* cases, properly uninstall whatever major competing AV already installed. I did have to have them update their INI file to properly take care of SEP 11 ( back in early 2010 ) but no real issues after that not counting systems with munged permissions.
YMMV On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < [email protected]> wrote: > I've never heard of it. But, knowing how difficult it can potentially get > to remove an antivirus product, I have little faith in a product that claims > to do it all for multiple vendors. > > I would rather get the remover from the vendor of what I want/need to > remove. And I would only do that, if the normal uninstall routine failed to > work. > > -- > Espi > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:28 AM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Anyone ever used Appremover to get rid of an unwanted antivirus app? I >> know >> from past experience that getting rid of some antivirus apps is like >> pulling >> hen's teeth (Symantec/Norton in particular.) According to the review on >> CNET's download.com this program detects and completely gets rid of these >> antivirus/anti-malware apps so you can reinstall or install a new one. >> >> Since I'm probably going to be installing Vipre on a private client's PC >> this evening which currently has some sort of Symantec on it, I thought >> I'd >> try to find the Symantec uninstaller again. Imagine my surprise when I >> found >> mention of this product on Symantec's forums as a replacement for >> Symantec's >> proprietary uninstaller tool. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
