I've used Symantec's Clean Wipe tool. Very effective at removing Syamantec products. I wrote some additional script checks myself and used it remove Symantec and follow-up with an AVG install.
You should call Symantec and request the CleanWipe tool or whatever their equivalent would be for the Norton products. They should have an admin level scriptable tool for you that can be pushed without interaction. Thanks, Jake Gardner TTC Network Administrator Ext. 246 ________________________________ From: Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Script to remove Norton Security Scan Yes, that can be a problem with some software. In that case I send a 2 second message to the user, disable keyboard/mouse control, run the script, enable keyboard/mouse control. Disabling keyboard/mouse control does not disable keyboard send commands. >>> David Lum <[email protected]> 6/23/2009 1:26 PM >>> I've done stuff like that before with KiXtart. Problem is in this case I want to do it w/out the user seeing anything or being interrupted, hence PSEXEC. Dave From: Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Script to remove Norton Security Scan No problem. I'll send it to you off-list. >>> Gene Giannamore <[email protected]> 6/23/2009 1:06 PM >>> Ooo give it up, share, please Gene Giannamore Abide International Inc. Technical Support 561 1st Street West Sonoma,Ca.95476 (707) 935-1577 Office (707) 935-9387 Fax (707) 766-4185 Cell [email protected] www.abideinternational.com -----Original Message----- From: Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Script to remove Norton Security Scan I wrote a simple AutoIt script a while back to remove various versions of Symantec Anti Virus. I used it to wait for a Window prompt, confirm, then allow the uninstall to proceed. Tom Miller Engineer, Information Technology Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board 757-788-0528 >>> David Lum <[email protected]> 6/23/2009 12:47 PM >>> I bow to your Google-Fu! Thanks! Dave -----Original Message----- From: Gene Giannamore [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Script to remove Norton Security Scan Googled it http://community.norton.com/norton/board/message?board.id=other&thread.i d=6787&view=by_date_ascending&page=2 Gene Giannamore Abide International Inc. Technical Support 561 1st Street West Sonoma,Ca.95476 (707) 935-1577 Office (707) 935-9387 Fax (707) 766-4185 Cell [email protected] www.abideinternational.com -----Original Message----- From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Script to remove Norton Security Scan I'm trying to script the removal of Norton Security Scan...I have the following uninstall string: "C:\Program Files\NortonInstaller\{397E31AA-0D78-4649-A01C-339D73A2ED35}\NSS\License Type\2.3.0.26\InstStub.exe" /x Problem is it brings up a confirmation prompt, so if I PSEXEC it, it just sits waiting. I've tried /remove, /quiet, and /noprompt but those didn't work. Does anyone know of a switch the might bypass that stuff? I'd rather not just blow away the directory any leave open reg entries around... 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