The Distribution tool lets you uninstall the protection centrally, avoiding manual intervention from users throughout the process.
Downloading the distribution tool
- Go to the PCOP or PCOP Advanced administration console.
- Select the Installation tab.
- Click Uninstallation in the panel on the left.
- Click Centralized uninstallation (distribution tool).
- Click Download distribution tool link.
- Click Save in the Distributiontool.msi file download window.
- When the download has finished, run the Distributiontool.msi file from the directory you have saved it in. A wizard will guide you through the installation process of the distribution tool.
Uninstalling the protection
- Go to Start, Programs, Panda Security, Endpoint Protection Distribution tool or to the shortcut on your Desktop.
- Select Uninstall protection in the console. The Protection Uninstallation screen will open, which will allow you to uninstall the protection in two ways:
- Uninstallation by Domain
- Select the domains or computers in the network tree on which you want to uninstall it.
- Enter the uninstallation password which you used when installing. If you did not use a password, leave this field blank.
- Use the user name and password with administrator permissions to carry out the uninstallation. The user name must be entered in domain\user name format.
- Specify if you want to keep items in quarantine or not. If you select this checkbox, quarantined items will be deleted.
- Select if you want to restart computers after uninstallation. In this case, the computers will be restarted automatically after uninstallation is complete.
- Once the data is entered, click Uninstall to generate the uninstallation jobs.
- Uninstallation by IP address or computer name
- Add the name or IP address of the computers to be uninstalled, separated by commas. You can also select IP ranges using the ‘-‘ symbol (e.g. 172.18.15.10 – 172.18.15.50)
- Enter the uninstallation password which you used when installing. If you did not use a password, leave this field blank.
- Use the user name and password with administrator permissions to carry out the uninstallation. The user name must be entered in domain\user name format.
- Specify if you want to keep items in quarantine or not. If you select this checkbox, quarantined items will be deleted.
- Select if you want to restart computers after uninstallation. In this case, the computers will be restarted automatically after uninstallation is complete.
- Click Uninstall to generate the installation jobs
- Check the uninstallation job has completed successfully from the console.
- The protection uninstallation will begin, completely transparently.
- Restart the computer if prompted.