Please Symantec, go out of buisiness.

Im removing Symantec Endpoint from a clients office and this is the most absurd removal process for an antivirus ive ever seen.

Luckily I think i found a copy of cleanwipe (you have to call symantec to get it and give them all sorts of info bc they are afraid someone will take the software and turn it into malware that disables endpoint, lame.)

But look at the manual removal steps for endpoint. It makes me want to stab myself in the eye.

How to manually uninstall Symantec Endpoint Protection client from Windows 2000, XP and 2003, 32-bit Editions

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Hyper-Me

I honestly would not be surprised if a lot of the malware writers out there were on the payroll of some of the AV companies.

Hyper-Me

Now we've got a copycat. Idiots.

HeroPsycho

Hyper-Me wrote: »

Now we've got a copycat. Idiots.

I'm not doing it, but I have to ask...

Why do you care?

Hyper-Me

HeroPsycho wrote: »

I'm not doing it, but I have to ask...

Why do you care?

Because more often than not I get neg repped for silly reasons. Like i've said before, people do it more and for less valid reasons because its anonymous. They could at least tell me if they had a problem (since they obviously thought i seriously wanted symantec to go under)

HeroPsycho

Hyper-Me wrote: »

Because more often than not I get neg repped for silly reasons....

Dude, I got that you feel they did it for no good reason. Again, why do you care what your rep is? It's not even worth getting upset, mildly annoyed, or even giving a second thought over.

Hyper-Me

HeroPsycho wrote: »

Dude, I got that you feel they did it for no good reason. Again, why do you care what your rep is? It's not even worth getting upset, mildly annoyed, or even giving a second thought over.

The rep doesnt matter one bit. What bothers me is when people have an issue and can't bring it up to the person they have the issue with.

I realize thats silly considering this is an internet forum, but I just prefer people air things out.

Claymoore

Hyper-Me wrote: »

I did a BackupExec 12.5 to 2010 install today. Seamless

Backup Exec was on my sh*t list earlier this week. We had to install BE 2010 to support Exchange 2010. BE requires the Exchange management tools to be installed on the management server, and since Exchange 2010 has only 64bit tools, we had to build a new 64bit server for BE. Exchange 2010 only uses a few clustering bits, but BE has to talk to the cluster name and IP - even though Exchange could care less if the name and IP are live. When you build a DAG through the EMC the cluster uses DHCP for the IP. You can only set the IP through the EMS. When the datacenter does not have a DHCP server, the cluster gets no IP and the name does not come online. Exchange works fine, but BackupExec gives you crytpic errors.

Once that was sorted, BE did a great job of backing up the DBs though.

dynamik

Just to clear the air, I have an issue with people who have an issue with people that have an issue and can't bring it up to the person they have the issue with on an online forum.

I seriously don't get it. I crave negative rep; all red baby! Notoriety!

Edit: I was just struck by the irony of that coming from the only person who's left me negative rep with a rather offensive comment

RobertKaucher

HeroPsycho wrote: »

It's a lot easier now to discuss things with you.

Me? Well, I'll always be a PITA.

Does that mean I can call you GyroPsycho?

Ahhh! I crack myself up!

HeroPsycho

RobertKaucher wrote: »

Does that mean I can call you GyroPsycho?

Ahhh! I crack myself up!

You'll love my Tzatziki sauce, if you know what I mean. And it's non-dairy, too!

RobertKaucher

HeroPsycho wrote: »

You'll love my Tzatziki sauce, if you know what I mean. And it's non-dairy, too!

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't. But I hear Dynamik's mom loves it.

gespenstern

Sorry for necropostinig, but.

I've written a simple script, like, 95 lines of code to uninstall SEP and Symantec Active Update on multiple servers at once. So far we are in the middle of getting rid of it on ~700 servers (2003 (both 32 and 64-bit), 2003R2 (both 32 and 64-bit) 2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2012R2, majority of SEP installations are 11.0.6200.754, but we have both below and above, so script handles that), so it was tested in production. Of course, it will need some fine tuning to reflect your environment.

PM if needed.

cowill

Yea I remember those days LOL......