Hack to Remove/Uninstall Symantec Norton Antivirus (SAV) Client without Password

Norton AntiVirus Clients or Symantec AntiVirus Clients especially Corporate Edition Clients can be installed as managed network setup type by a Symantec AntiVirus Server. When a Symantec AntiVirus Client is managed, it will prompt or password when uninstalling client via local computer Control !anel Add or "emove !rogram applet. # you don$t know or orget the password, then the client is not able to uninstall or remove. And the SAV client uninstall password won$t work with server group password too, as i you enter that password, you will receive an invalid password message. %he client uninstallation password is di erent rom the server group password, and it can be set by the administrator through the Symantec System Center or the client that is managed. # the client uninstallation password has not been set or changed speci ically, it will still be the de ault password. %hus, irst thing to try in order to success ully uninstall a Symantec Client Security program is by using the de ault password or the uninstalling clients, which is symantec. #n the cases where Symantec AntiVirus server has been taken down and no longer e&ist, or the client computer has no access to company network, or the de ault client uninstall password does not work, the ollowing hack will enable you to remove Symantec Antivirus without using a password' (. )pen "egistry Editor *regedit+. ,. Navigate to the ollowing registry key' -.E/01)CA102AC-#NE3S)4%WA"E3#N%E131AN5esk3Virus!rotect63Curr entVersion3Administrator )nly3Security3 7. Change the value or useV!uninstallpassword key rom ( to 8. 9. E&it "egistry Editor and now you can uninstall Symantec AntiVirus Client. %he trick should work on most version o Symantec AntiVirus client or Norton AntiVirus Client, including version :, ;, < or (8.