How to make Symantec Uninstallation completely silent?

JAMFNoob
New Contributor III

Hey everyone - I'm very much a newbie here but would love some advice - at the moment I am uninstalling Symantec from all our macs and installing Windows Defender. I'm using the command script from here to uninstall Symantec - 

https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?legacyId=TECH103489

My policy places the command file at a local location on each mac and then runs it from there, however on my test mac I've found I'm still being prompted if I want to uninstall Symantec and  1 or 2 other prompts that I have to click on before it runs...is there anyway to make it fully silent without any interaction from a user?

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hallfire
New Contributor II

Hi.

Im my case I modify the script for not be prompt. I force the choice on the script for uninstall , and I force the yes entry directly on the script.

 

Before execute the script you need to remove Symantec Endpoint Protection.app with a rm command (if your on macOS 10.15 like us)

 

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hallfire
New Contributor II

Hi.

Im my case I modify the script for not be prompt. I force the choice on the script for uninstall , and I force the yes entry directly on the script.

 

Before execute the script you need to remove Symantec Endpoint Protection.app with a rm command (if your on macOS 10.15 like us)

 

JAMFNoob
New Contributor III

Would you mind sharing your script with me? I'm a beginner with coding and usually just copy paste scripts to run. 

hallfire
New Contributor II

https://www71.zippyshare.com/v/QU2miJ4U/file.html

You can create a package with composer 

Place the file RemoveSymantecMacFiles.command in /Private/tmp

 

In preinstall script use the this command :
rm -R "/Applications/Symantec Solutions/Symantec Endpoint Protection.app"

In post install script use this command :

/tmp/RemoveSymantecMacFiles.command -A
rm /tmp/RemoveSymantecMacFiles.command

Hello,

From shared link can't download the files. Tt is downloading some malware and doing nothing. Try the below link to share the files.

https://wetransfer.com

Thank you

hallfire
New Contributor II

https://we.tl/t-FQxYOUyvvM

here is the command file on weetransfert

Thanks for uploading the customised Symantec removal tool. But I am getting this one pop up. Is this can be suppressed as well?Screenshot 2021-12-23 at 1.28.31 PM.png

mhasman
Valued Contributor

Is there any way to remove SEP system extensions by running the script/commands?

user-lOCkETbIwx
New Contributor

Is there anyway to get this script from someone on this thread please? @hallfire @JAMFNoob @user-cflvsqhVEZ