Remove previously installed antimalware.....

[mjruotolo]

So i am working on building a standalone installer for our users. I have the installer built. It installs config manager and then install scep (with user intervention) then installs CU1.

My question is how I can i silently install the scep and remove the previous installed antivirus. Is there a switch?

When installing scep with user interaction and you have a previous installed av client it asked you to remove it. How do i do that silently.

Thanks

Mike

[Gau]

It seems that removing the third party AV is the default behavior of the SCEP installer because the switch /noreplace tells the installer to disregard the existing AV.

 

/noreplace - Specifies that third-party software uninstallation is not performed during Setup.

 

source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398035.aspx

 

Also note the following and make sure that the uninstall password protection for your AV is disabled:

Endpoint Protection uninstalls the following antimalware software only:

 

• Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition version 10
  
• Symantec Endpoint Protection version 11
  
• Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition version 12
  
• McAfee VirusScan Enterprise version 8
  
• Trend Micro OfficeScan
  
• Microsoft Forefront Codename Stirling Beta 2
  
• Microsoft Forefront Codename Stirling Beta 3
  
• Microsoft Forefront Client Security v1
  
• Microsoft Security Essentials v1
  
• Microsoft Security Essentials 2010
  
• Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010
  
• Microsoft Security Center Online v1

 

 

source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682067.aspx#BKMK_EndpointProtectionDeviceSettings

Edited August 16, 2013 by Gau