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Uninstall Symantec LiveUpdate via cmd-line or script
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I did search through the registry, but there are a ton of GUID that contained LiveUpdate. With in the LiveUpdate folder on the hard drive (c:\program files\symantec\liveupdate\
We are using Managed clients. Currently I have 2 methods of uninstalling the Managed SAV clients, a batch file and a modified vpremote.dat file as explained in the link I provided.
The batch file is basically identical to the vpremote.dat. Here are the contents of the batch:
\\server\share\setup.exe /s /v"/qn INSTALLSERVER=0 REMOVE=ALL REBOOT=ReallySuppress"
Just looking for something to add to this batch file if possible.
I did find the silent command-line option to uninstall LiveUpdate. It's: "c:\...\symantec\Lsetup.ex
@johnb6767 - It doesn't uninstall LiveUpdate when uninstalling SAV. It would make life easier, though. We no longer have any Symantec products installed requiring LiveUpdate, so removing it completely is the desired result.
@ batman_k - What's the NoNav tool and where do I find it?
Problem is that Symantec dosnt mantains those tools anymore in public storage. They are unsupported, but developed by them.
New version of SAVCE with Sygate integration is the area of all new development....so you will need definitly a removal tool sooner or later, becouse new version is not compatable with 10.X.X.X
I'm providing this link for support purposes only. Choice is free...
Isnt that is the purpose of SAVCE and antivirus solutions?..:)..to scan files.
Cheers triple07...for you info about NoNav.exe:
NONAV is an unsupported Symantec tool for removing files and registry keys from
Norton Antivirus / Symantec Antivirus. This is helpful for example when an upgrade
from an older version fails and you need to prepare the machine
for a clean re-installation.
The tool can be sent out to customers as long as they have been informed that
nonav is an unsupported tool / without warranty and provided "as-is".
NONAV removes the following products from filesystem/registry:
NAV Norton Antivirus 4.x / 5.x
NAVCE Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition 7.0x 7.5x 7.6x
SAVCE Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition 8.0x 8.1x 9.x (9 and 10 instalations are equal)
SSC Symantec System Center (from CE 7.x / 8.x / 9.x)
AMS Alert Management System (from CE 7.x / 8.x / 9.x)
SCF Symantec Client Firewall 5.x 7.x
NONAV can also be set to remove the following components:
Symevent drivers
LiveUpdate (1.5-3.0)
shared Virus Definitions
Central Quarantine Server / Quarantine Console
NONAV should leave other Symantec products alone on the machine but only very limited testing has been done on this.
PcAnywhere 10.5 / 11, Ghost 8.0/2003 and the Central Quarantine Server has been tested and appear to work fine after running nonav.
NONAV is designed to work on the following OS:
Windows 2003 Server
Windows XP
Windows 2000 Professional / Server
Windows NT4 Workstation / Server
Windows ME
Windows 98
Windows 95
I did uninstall using the cmd line option I mentioned, but had a few that refused to uninstall correctly. I manage to obtain a newer NoNav tool from Symantec that supports the removal of 10.x clients, etc. Thanks for the updated info. We're about 80-90% SAV-free at this point, only some random laptops out there.
Rory
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by: johnb6767Posted on 2007-08-28 at 11:43:32ID: 19785738
Under this key in the registry, do a search for Live Update
Does it return a value on the right "GUID"?
If so, then you can include in a batch script,
msiexec /uninstall {GUID}
or
msiexec /x {GUID} /qn <~~~Silent uninstall.....
That should remove it if there is a registry entry that corresponds.......