If you work in a corporate environment, you and your computer may be the unsuspecting victim of a terrible piece of software from Symantec called Endpoint Protection. It’s a giant behemoth of a program that includes anti-spyware, anti-virus, network threat detection, and all kinds of other super security crap. I certainly do understand the need for these programs and I use them myself, but Endpoint Protection is a resource hog of enormous proportions. On top of that, it’s almost nearly impossible to turn off or kill. Actually, I’ve tried to kill all the processes related to it and it still continues to run. The worst part about the program is its need to eat up all the processor power on your computer.
How do I uninstall Symantec endpoint protection without a password. This computer was given to me and I don't know the password. I have to uninstall the program to install windows 10 please help. If you uninstall the endpoint, be sure to restart your operating system or your web browsing experience may be affected. To stop the endpoint, navigate to the endpoint installation folder and run this command: wepsvc -stop -password password> wspxy. Replace password> with the anti-tampering password.
My computer never fell from 100% CPU usage when the program was running. I tried to uncheck the services and startup programs for it using MSCONFIG to no avail. Finally, I tried to uninstall it and I couldn’t even do that! The program was password protected so that no sane human being could uninstall the crap! I understand that the password is there to prevent employees from uninstalling it, but if you can’t do any work because your computer is unbearably slow, then it should at least allow the uninstall and notify the administrator.
Also, you should try the default password of symantec or Symantec, with a capital S. It’s probably not that, unless your admin is very lazy, but worth a try. Anyway, if you are in a similar situation where you don’t know the password to uninstall Endpoint Protection, then you’ll be happy to know of a quick way to bypass the password and still uninstall the program. When the password prompt comes up, go into Task Manager by pressing CTRL + ALT + DEL and choosing Task Manager, then click on the Processes tab.
Now find the msiexec.exe process and kill it! The picture above is actually from Process Explorer, not Task Manager, but it will have the same name there also. Once you kill the process, the password prompt disappears and the uninstall continues! Msiexec.exe is the Windows Installer utility that is invoked whenever you install or uninstall a program. I’m not sure if this will work with newer versions of Endpoint, like 13 or 14, because I haven’t tried it. Let us know in the comments if it works for you or not. After removing the program, my computer CPU usage dropped to a normal 2%.
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An old friend contacted me today and asked me to help him to remove a virus infection on his desktop. I checked his computer and there is an enterprise version of antivirus called Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) installed but there were no Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager which acts as a server to manage the SEP clients on the network.
It is possible that the Symantec Endpoint Protection is installed as an unmanaged client but the hasn’t been updated for a very long time and I couldn’t manually update the signature from the LiveUpdate program. I may as well uninstall the Symantec Endpoint Protection since it couldn’t update the virus definition to detect the latest virus and replace it with a free antivirus such as Avira, Avast, or Microsoft Security Essentials. I went to Control Panel and ran the Programs and Features shortcut icon. Found Symantec Endpoint Protection and I clicked on the Remove button. The progress bar ran for a while and a dialog box pop out saying “ Please enter the uninstall password“. I asked my friend and he don’t know the password.
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If you work in a corporate environment, you and your computer may be the unsuspecting victim of a terrible piece of software from Symantec called Endpoint Protection. It’s a giant behemoth of a program that includes anti-spyware, anti-virus, network threat detection, and all kinds of other super security crap. I certainly do understand the need for these programs and I use them myself, but Endpoint Protection is a resource hog of enormous proportions. On top of that, it’s almost nearly impossible to turn off or kill. Actually, I’ve tried to kill all the processes related to it and it still continues to run. The worst part about the program is its need to eat up all the processor power on your computer.
How do I uninstall Symantec endpoint protection without a password. This computer was given to me and I don't know the password. I have to uninstall the program to install windows 10 please help. If you uninstall the endpoint, be sure to restart your operating system or your web browsing experience may be affected. To stop the endpoint, navigate to the endpoint installation folder and run this command: wepsvc -stop -password password> wspxy. Replace password> with the anti-tampering password.
My computer never fell from 100% CPU usage when the program was running. I tried to uncheck the services and startup programs for it using MSCONFIG to no avail. Finally, I tried to uninstall it and I couldn’t even do that! The program was password protected so that no sane human being could uninstall the crap! I understand that the password is there to prevent employees from uninstalling it, but if you can’t do any work because your computer is unbearably slow, then it should at least allow the uninstall and notify the administrator.
Also, you should try the default password of symantec or Symantec, with a capital S. It’s probably not that, unless your admin is very lazy, but worth a try. Anyway, if you are in a similar situation where you don’t know the password to uninstall Endpoint Protection, then you’ll be happy to know of a quick way to bypass the password and still uninstall the program. When the password prompt comes up, go into Task Manager by pressing CTRL + ALT + DEL and choosing Task Manager, then click on the Processes tab.
Now find the msiexec.exe process and kill it! The picture above is actually from Process Explorer, not Task Manager, but it will have the same name there also. Once you kill the process, the password prompt disappears and the uninstall continues! Msiexec.exe is the Windows Installer utility that is invoked whenever you install or uninstall a program. I’m not sure if this will work with newer versions of Endpoint, like 13 or 14, because I haven’t tried it. Let us know in the comments if it works for you or not. After removing the program, my computer CPU usage dropped to a normal 2%.
Our downloads database is updated daily to provide the latest download releases on offer. Take the FileFixation now for more detailed information! This is a limited offer and will soon expire and revert back to the normal member price. We now have 276,147 downloads in the member section. To celebrate our launch we are offering unlimited full download access for FREE!
Talk about a terrible program. If you want a really good anti-virus, go with Kaspersky.
An old friend contacted me today and asked me to help him to remove a virus infection on his desktop. I checked his computer and there is an enterprise version of antivirus called Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) installed but there were no Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager which acts as a server to manage the SEP clients on the network.
It is possible that the Symantec Endpoint Protection is installed as an unmanaged client but the hasn’t been updated for a very long time and I couldn’t manually update the signature from the LiveUpdate program. I may as well uninstall the Symantec Endpoint Protection since it couldn’t update the virus definition to detect the latest virus and replace it with a free antivirus such as Avira, Avast, or Microsoft Security Essentials. I went to Control Panel and ran the Programs and Features shortcut icon. Found Symantec Endpoint Protection and I clicked on the Remove button. The progress bar ran for a while and a dialog box pop out saying “ Please enter the uninstall password“. I asked my friend and he don’t know the password.