Comments on: Remove Password Protected Symantec Antivirus

By: Jacki

Jacki — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:13:41 +0000

Hi Jeff.
I appreciated being able to find the fix you posted for removing password protected symantec av client. I am trying to install a newer version of norton on a relative’s computer, which was a hand me down work computer that came with the NAV Client as well as pcAnywhere 9.
I went through the process you described, and it seemed to work like a charm. As I was installing the newer version though, it went through all the motions, then got to the end of the process to find that it wouldn’t install due to the pcAnywhere. I tried the symantec removal tool only to be asked to remove pcA manually. When I went to do that through the add/remove field, I was asked for the source disk. Since this is a hand me down, I don’t have access to that. Would you be so inclined to provide another ‘magic’ fix like the first one? Thanks a bunch for the time! Jacki

By: Jeff Sickles

Jeff Sickles — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:03:29 +0000

Jacki,

Though this may sound strange, you might consider installing a trial version of PC Anywhere onto that computer. This way you will have the source media and it should upgrade or overwrite all of the existing entries made by the previous installation. THEN, you should be able to complete an uninstall of PCAnywhere since you will have the source media downloaded already. Make sense?

You might also consider disabling the services for PCAnywhere to see if it is just a conflict with it running as opposed to being installed. Let me know how you make out!

By: Mike Swierczek

Mike Swierczek — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:11:12 +0000

Jeff,

Thanks very much for posting this. The server that hosted that anti-virus software was dead for over two years, and we had disabled the Symantec Corporate Edition clients but been unable to remove them. Your tip made life a little easier.

Thanks again,
Mike

By: Natasha

Natasha — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:24:52 +0000

Hi thank u for the info.But I dont knwo how to chnage the value from 0 to 1.Could u plz explain?
Regards
natasha

By: Lucie

Lucie — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:25:41 +0000

You are awesome, this did the trick, thank you!!!

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 07 May 2009 05:12:32 +0000

Thanks very much. Worked perfectly!

By: abhishek

abhishek — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:31:49 +0000

great job Jeff u pulled me out of this crappy situation thanks alot

By: Ami

Ami — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:30:08 +0000

Dear Jeff -

You need to update your blog. We are running out of things to read.

Thanks
Ami
Jr Developer @ Transcendevelopment.com

By: Admeron

Admeron — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:07:25 +0000

It worked perfect. I have been looking for a solution like this for a while. Thank you very
much.

By: Anuj Pokhrel

Anuj Pokhrel — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:34:12 +0000

i cannot remove my antivirus which is password protected from my computer

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