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Consumer Products => Avast Mac Security => Topic started by: dtsleite on April 06, 2010, 05:21:35 PM

Title: Protect avast! MAC instalation
Post by: dtsleite on April 06, 2010, 05:21:35 PM

How to prevent from users uninstall avast! on Mac ?

Title: Re: Protect avast! MAC instalation
Post by: zilog on April 08, 2010, 04:56:23 PM

Quote from: dtsleite on April 06, 2010, 05:21:35 PM

How to prevent from users uninstall avast! on Mac ?

Normal users cannot modify the contents of /Applications directory - only those with "administrator" privileges (and this will pop extra password-request form to do the necessary step).
So, the application is protected. What's owned by the user are preferences and a latest copy of virus database - but, when deleted, a failsafe-one is copied back and used instead.

So, user might decide to turn avast off, but can't uninstall it forever (and affect other users) - and that's correct.

Regards,
pc