Installing Avast Business agent via JAMF Pro

aRByCM
New Contributor II

Hi, Is there an updated way to install Avast via JAMF? I have search previous post but it seems its a long time ago and its not working anymore as per the last replies. Advance thanks.

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AJPinto
Esteemed Contributor

Considering Avast has a deployment guide for deploying their tool with Jamf, I would say it's safe to assume you can deploy it with Jamf.

 

However, step 3 in their installation process would cause me to not use the client. The reason there is user interaction is they are trying to add a certificate to the keychain and force trust it, Apple has not allowed force trust (the -k flag) on the security binary in years. How this should be done, is you deploy the certificate (likely a root certificate) directly with Jamf and apples MDM framework automatically trusts the certificate and there is no user interaction. All the documentation aside of the certificate part looks to be pretty solid. I do strongly recommend submitting feedback on how they are handling the certificate as it is beyond stupid.

 

https://businesshelp.avast.com/Content/Products/AfB_Management_Consoles/DeviceManagement/Deployingon...

aRByCM
New Contributor II

Been following and trying this documentation, haven't have success. I will try to send a support ticket to ask about the certificate as I have no idea how I will proceed with it. I'll update this thread if there is any useful updates. Thank you!

aRByCM
New Contributor II

I am having this error, the installer cannot be installed. I have change the directory to a directory I know exist but still having similar error.

Script exit code: 1
Script result: hdiutil: attach failed - No such file or directory
installer: Error - the package path specified was invalid: '/Volumes/Avast Business Antivirus/Avast Business Antivirus.pkg'.
hdiutil: detach failed - No such file or directory
rm: /Library/Application Support/JAMF/Waiting Room/avast.dmg: No such file or directory
rm: /Library/Application Support/JAMF/Waiting Room/avast.dmg.cache.xml: No such file or directory
Error running script: return code was 1.