Automated third-party antivirus removal
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Katie Keane
opt-in capability to detect and remove third-party antivirus products automatically, ideally at the account or organisation level and with safeguards to prevent Microsoft Defender from being removed. This would significantly reduce the manual effort involved in customer migrations, help clear persistent antivirus remnants, and improve endpoint health and compliance reporting.
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Tyler Jacob
We'd love to be able to utilize this in some way, whether it only removes certain products or has the ability to input tamper-proof keys to automate uninstalling MSP-level products
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Chris Carney
This is harder than a lot of people think. Tamper protection would cease to be valid if this was possible. Now, for garbage AV, this is a plausible idea.
Prejay
Perhaps we could supply a known uninstall password for those that use it to help automate removal, or maybe it could flag those that are password protected?
Jonathan
i think everyone would love this, but don't know how possible it really is. AV is made difficult to remove in automated ways on purpose.
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Katie Keane
Submitting this on behalf of a Huntress partner who requested an easier way to remove persistent third-party antivirus products across multiple endpoints. Sharing this to represent partner feedback and a broader MSP use case.