Disable norton

[djo4ever]

hi,

I Created a AutoIt script that I call 'AutoConfig'

it configures the new pc's at my work

It runs from cd,

but it need to connect to an other pc on the LAN to synch the clock & read 'configuration data'.

and norton blocks that

So, I wanna disable or close norton antivirus/internet security by autoit3

if I use 'processclose' it won't work.

Is there an other way to close it with a command?

thnx

Sorry for my bad english,

I'm Dutch

Edited August 22, 2006 by djo4ever

[Richard Robertson]

Disabling security software is not something that most programs can do. It is a security risk.

[Kickassjoe]

couldnt you just press Ctrl+Alt+Delete and go to the processes tab and end everything having anything to do with it? that is the only way i can think of.

P.S. for speaking Dutch, that is good English, most people that know English as their first language dont type that well (including me sometimes)

[GaryFrost]

tried stop service?

there's more than one way to do that, here's 1:

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$service = "Symantec AntiVirus"
ConsoleWrite(_SetServiceState(@ComputerName, $service, "Stop") & @LF)
Sleep ( 5000 )
ConsoleWrite(_SetServiceState(@ComputerName, $service, "Start") & @LF)

Func _SetServiceState($s_pc, $service, $State)
    Local Const $wbemFlagReturnImmediately = 0x10
    Local Const $wbemFlagForwardOnly = 0x20

    Local $colItems = "", $objItem, $ret_status = -1
    Local $a_status[25] = ["Success", "Not supported", "Access denied", "Dependent services running", _
            "Invalid service control", "Service cannot accept control", "Service not active", "Service request timeout", _
            "Unknown failure", "Path not found", "Service already stopped", "Service database locked", "Service dependency deleted", _
            "Service dependency failure", "Service disabled", "Service logon failed", "Service marked for deletion", "Service no thread", _
            "Status circular dependency", "Status duplicate name", "Status - invalid name", "Status - invalid parameter", _
            "Status - invalid service account", "Status - service exists", "Service already paused"]
    If Ping($s_pc) Then
        Local $objWMIService = ObjGet("winmgmts:\\" & $s_pc & "\root\CIMV2")
        If @error Then
            MsgBox(16, "_SetServiceState", "ObjGet Error: winmgmts")
            Return
        EndIf
        $colItems = $objWMIService.ExecQuery ("SELECT * FROM Win32_Service", "WQL", _
                $wbemFlagReturnImmediately + $wbemFlagForwardOnly)
        If @error Then
            MsgBox(16, "_SetServiceState", "ExecQuery Error: SELECT * FROM Win32_Service")
            Return
        EndIf
        If IsObj($colItems) Then
            For $objItem In $colItems
                If $objItem.Name = $service Then
                    Select
                        Case $State = "Boot" Or $State = "System" Or $State = "Automatic" Or $State = "Manual" Or $State = "Disabled"
                            $ret_status = $objItem.ChangeStartMode ($State)
                        Case $State = "Stop"
                            $ret_status = $objItem.StopService ()
                        Case $State = "Start"
                            $ret_status = $objItem.StartService ()
                        Case $State = "Pause"
                            $ret_status = $objItem.PauseService ()
                        Case $State = "Resume"
                            $ret_status = $objItem.ResumeService ()
                        Case $State = "Delete"
                            $ret_status = $objItem.Delete ()
                    EndSelect
                    ExitLoop
                EndIf
            Next
        EndIf
    EndIf
    If $ret_status <> -1 Then
        Return $a_status[$ret_status]
    Else
        SetError(1)
        Return $ret_status
    EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>_SetServiceState

[Pieter]

Why don't you just use

ProcessClose("nortonav.exe")

or something similar?

By the way, I'm Dutch too. (actually, Belgian)

[vim]

I have McAfee Antivirus installed, and when I want it stopped, I use:

"sc stop AvSynMgr"

Off topic, but when I'm off the internet and McAfee is stopped ALL

my programs run a lot faster. That's why I stop it.

ViM

[Pieter]

In related tips: you can use "sc start servicename" to start a service again.

[djo4ever]

thanks for all the reactions

I didn't have time to test it yet,

But I will let you know of it works

thnx