如果您在公司环境中工作，您和您的计算机可能毫无防备地成为赛门铁克(Symantec)一款名为Endpoint Protection的可怕软件的受害者。这是一个包含反间谍软件、反病毒、网络威胁检测和各种其他超级安全垃圾的程序的庞然大物。
我当然理解对这些程序的需求，并且我自己也使用它们，但Endpoint Protection占用了大量资源。最重要的是，几乎不可能关闭或杀死。实际上，我试图杀死所有与之相关的进程，它仍然继续运行。
该程序最糟糕的部分是它需要消耗计算机上的所有处理器能力。程序运行时，我的计算机从未从 100% 的CPU(CPU)使用率下降。我尝试使用MSCONFIG取消选中它的服务和启动程序，但无济于事。
最后，我试图卸载它，我什至不能这样做！该程序受密码保护，因此没有理智的人可以卸载垃圾！我知道密码是为了防止员工卸载它，但如果你因为电脑慢得不能做任何工作，那么它至少应该允许卸载并通知管理员。
此外，您应该尝试默认密码symantec或Symantec，大写字母 S。可能不是这样，除非您的管理员非常懒惰，但值得一试。无论如何，如果您处于不知道卸载Endpoint Protection的密码的类似情况，那么您会很高兴知道绕过密码并仍然卸载程序的快速方法。
当密码提示出现时，按CTRL + ALT + DEL并选择Task Manager进入任务管理(Task Manager)器，然后单击进程(Processes)选项卡。现在找到msiexec.exe进程并杀死它！
上面的图片实际上来自Process Explorer，而不是Task Manager，但它在那里也有相同的名称。终止进程后，密码提示消失，卸载继续！Msiexec.exe是安装或卸载程序时调用的Windows Installer实用程序。
我不确定这是否适用于Endpoint的较新版本，例如 13 或 14，因为我还没有尝试过。如果它对您有用，请在评论中告诉我们。
删除该程序后，我的计算机CPU使用率下降到正常的 2%。谈论一个可怕的程序。如果您想要一个非常好的防病毒软件，请使用卡巴斯基(Kaspersky)。享受！
Uninstall Symantec Endpoint Protection Without a Password
If you work in a corporate environment, you and your cоmputеr maу be the unsuspecting victim of а terrible piece оf software from Symanteс called Endpoint Protection. It’s a giant behemoth of a program that inсludes anti-spyware, anti-virus, network threat detection, and all kinds of other super ѕecurіty crap.
I certainly do understand the need for these programs and I use them myself, but Endpoint Protection is a resource hog of enormous proportions. On top of that, it’s almost nearly impossible to turn off or kill. Actually, I’ve tried to kill all the processes related to it and it still continues to run.
The worst part about the program is its need to eat up all the processor power on your computer. My computer never fell from 100% CPU usage when the program was running. I tried to uncheck the services and startup programs for it using MSCONFIG to no avail.
Finally, I tried to uninstall it and I couldn’t even do that! The program was password protected so that no sane human being could uninstall the crap! I understand that the password is there to prevent employees from uninstalling it, but if you can’t do any work because your computer is unbearably slow, then it should at least allow the uninstall and notify the administrator.
Also, you should try the default password of symantec or Symantec, with a capital S. It’s probably not that, unless your admin is very lazy, but worth a try. Anyway, if you are in a similar situation where you don’t know the password to uninstall Endpoint Protection, then you’ll be happy to know of a quick way to bypass the password and still uninstall the program.
When the password prompt comes up, go into Task Manager by pressing CTRL + ALT + DEL and choosing Task Manager, then click on the Processes tab. Now find the msiexec.exe process and kill it!
The picture above is actually from Process Explorer, not Task Manager, but it will have the same name there also. Once you kill the process, the password prompt disappears and the uninstall continues! Msiexec.exe is the Windows Installer utility that is invoked whenever you install or uninstall a program.
I’m not sure if this will work with newer versions of Endpoint, like 13 or 14, because I haven’t tried it. Let us know in the comments if it works for you or not.
After removing the program, my computer CPU usage dropped to a normal 2%. Talk about a terrible program. If you want a really good anti-virus, go with Kaspersky. Enjoy!
