Well, I tried it yesterday on a private customer's system that had a version of Norton/Symantec on it and it seems to have gotten rid of it. :D
From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 8:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: appremover 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 ~ 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
