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Remove Sophos

ajcke

I need to remove Sophos from my environment. What can I do to push this out?

Console Version: 5.0.0.8

Client File Version: 2.7.1.283

AD environment

2008 R2 Servers

XP and Win7 Client Machines

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    If you look in the uninstall keys of the registry:

    "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\"

    and 

    "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" if on 64-bit

    You will find the installed software.  Most will have an "UninstallString" value.  

    For example Patch agent is:
    MsiExec.exe /X{2FB80981-C6B6-4FCA-BC65-24437DF4C8CB}

    SCF:

    MsiExec.exe /X{12C00299-B8B4-40D3-9663-66ABEA3198AB}

    SAU:

    MsiExec.exe /X{15C418EB-7675-42be-B2B3-281952DA014D}

    etc..

    So these command will uninstall that application.  To run them in quiet mode you can add switches:  Msiexec switches

    http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/msiexec.mspx?mfr=true

    So you could create a batch file that will call the uninstall of each comonent in turn.  The GUIDs maybe be version specific if the version of SAV go back along way.  Once you have tested the batch file on a test machine or two you could deploy to multiple machines as long as it runs with administrative rights.  Remember to disable Tamper protection before.

    Regards,

    Jak

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    If you look in the uninstall keys of the registry:

    "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\"

    and 

    "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" if on 64-bit

    You will find the installed software.  Most will have an "UninstallString" value.  

    For example Patch agent is:
    MsiExec.exe /X{2FB80981-C6B6-4FCA-BC65-24437DF4C8CB}

    SCF:

    MsiExec.exe /X{12C00299-B8B4-40D3-9663-66ABEA3198AB}

    SAU:

    MsiExec.exe /X{15C418EB-7675-42be-B2B3-281952DA014D}

    etc..

    So these command will uninstall that application.  To run them in quiet mode you can add switches:  Msiexec switches

    http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/msiexec.mspx?mfr=true

    So you could create a batch file that will call the uninstall of each comonent in turn.  The GUIDs maybe be version specific if the version of SAV go back along way.  Once you have tested the batch file on a test machine or two you could deploy to multiple machines as long as it runs with administrative rights.  Remember to disable Tamper protection before.

    Regards,

    Jak

    :26551
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