Will Avast 4 Pro Uninstall Sophos?

[av-outsource]

 
During install of Avast Pro 4. Will Avast uninstall Sophos antivirus? or can you supply a script which will do so?

Many thanks

[igor]

I'm sure that avast! will not uninstall any other software (except for an older version of avast! itself maybe) - it would be quite rude to do so.

Can you simply uninstall Sophos from the Control Panel / Add/Remove programs?

[av-outsource]

It would not be rude to do so if you have sold a client 25 user license and they wish an easy migration to Avast.

Many vendors offer this facility including Sophos.

I think it would be a good option to add for multi user installs.

[Vlk]

The problem is that we don't quite know what it takes to nuke Sophos (or any other AV)... Doing this 'by hand' can be quite dangerous - so the only viable solution would be to invoke their own uninstaller I guess...

BTW nice picture

[av-outsource]

Ok fare enough. Would it be of any assistance to you if I provided a basic script to you which did the uninstalls/ or at least identified the keys and files needed to disable the competitors product on install?

I could get one of my seniour guys to look into it. If you wish? No offence if your not interested  

[Vlk]

OK, I agree.
Thanks James.

PS. Is that the pub by Hever castle?

[Datagg]

That would be a great option....would save so many peeps troubles. In regards to like nuking Norton and other hijacking av's.

[Lisandro]

That would be a great option....would save so many peeps troubles. In regards to like nuking Norton and other hijacking av's.

If it helps, in the future, your technicals could take a look here for 'cleaning' a Norton installation  

[av-outsource]

Thanks. We have submitted a comprehensive script to Alwil for the removal of most desktop and some server AV.