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Should I protect my antivirus with password or it doesn't matter ?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacDefender" data-source="post: 854334" data-attributes="member: 83059"><p>Yeah I guess it depends on the AV and how good the password protection is. Seems like a lot of AVs don't protect against msiexec uninstalls. I would theorize the best way to test this is to go to Add Remove Programs and attempt to uninstall your AV -- pretend like you just executed malware that performed this action. How does your AV respond?</p><p></p><p>Some pop up a dialog asking for your confirmation to continue. Some pop one up saying that they are stalling for 30 seconds but someone is trying to uninstall it. Others (Sophos in particular) deny uninstalling unless you can type in a passcode set by you or the Enterprise management server.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacDefender, post: 854334, member: 83059"] Yeah I guess it depends on the AV and how good the password protection is. Seems like a lot of AVs don't protect against msiexec uninstalls. I would theorize the best way to test this is to go to Add Remove Programs and attempt to uninstall your AV -- pretend like you just executed malware that performed this action. How does your AV respond? Some pop up a dialog asking for your confirmation to continue. Some pop one up saying that they are stalling for 30 seconds but someone is trying to uninstall it. Others (Sophos in particular) deny uninstalling unless you can type in a passcode set by you or the Enterprise management server. [/QUOTE]
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