Silent Uninstall w/Password

Hi All,

I'm looking to uninstall some NOD32 v4 installations via the MSI, but the NOD32 password is required to do so. How can I pass this through to the MSI via the command line?

Thanks,
James

 

The unlock utility usually works for this.

 

Sorry if I wasn't clear.

I know the password, but need to pass it to msiexec so NOD32 will uninstall silently.

Thanks,
James

 

Thank you for the clarification. Yes, this is obviously a self-defense feature to keep malware from silently uninstalling ESET Security Products as part of the infection process. I will discuss this with my colleagues to see what the process is for valid customers to use this method.

In the meantime, is there a specific reason for uninstalling silently? Could you not also create an uninstall package and push it on the clients via ERA? This should also uninstall ESET without disrupting end users or requiring their involvement with the process at all.

 

I need to migrate servers from NOD32 v4 to the server-specific product. Since there is no upgrade path, v4 has to be uninstalled. This is far less disruptive if I can setup a group policy to do the uninstall, then the new install, and just force a reboot whenever is convenient.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

James

 

OK, well this is apparently not that difficult. I stumbled on the command line options shown in the Installation Packages Editor in the RA.

PASSWORD=password

Seems to work OK. Thanks.

James

 

Yes, that's how it works. It just took me a bit to look up the parameter via Orca