Detect Anti-Virus Clients Installed

[j.morel]

Hi all, I'm looking to see if anyone has an easy answer for this. We
have built a custom package of SymantecAV, however I'd like to try and
script something that will detect any installed antivirus clients and
stop installation before allowing the client to continue.

Basically, does anyone have a list of the commonly used AV programs and
their default install locations? I figure I can check for the presence
of those before allowing continue.

Better yet, does anyone have an all-in-one tool that will remove all
common AV clients at once?

T.I.A.,

Jeremy

 

[Max Wachtel]

AKA (e-mail address removed) on 12/7/2005 in

Better yet, does anyone have an all-in-one tool that will remove all
common AV clients at once?

T.I.A.,

Jeremy

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[David H. Lipman]

From: <[email protected]>

| Hi all, I'm looking to see if anyone has an easy answer for this. We
| have built a custom package of SymantecAV, however I'd like to try and
| script something that will detect any installed antivirus clients and
| stop installation before allowing the client to continue.
|
| Basically, does anyone have a list of the commonly used AV programs and
| their default install locations? I figure I can check for the presence
| of those before allowing continue.
|
| Better yet, does anyone have an all-in-one tool that will remove all
| common AV clients at once?
|
| T.I.A.,
|
| Jeremy

You might want to query the Registry instead of disk folders.

McAfee Example:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Network Associates\TVD\VirusScan Enterprise\CurrentVersion

All AV software will be found in ...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\<AV Vendor>

 

[Spacen Jasset]

Either look in the registry for a specific product you are interested
in. Or use WMI to query the security center and get it tell you what it
installed.