The devices are all in the same group with the same policies, so nothing should be preventing the uninstall that the other devices wouldn't have encountered. We've moved away from Symantec and for whatever reason a handful of Win 10 devices refuse to uninstall SEP. * CUIT-managed-computers are automatically configured with virus protection software. Unable to uninstall Symantec Endpoint Protection. This will continue to be supported until August 2020. At that time, Symantec will be automatically uninstalled and Malwarebytes will be installed for you on your CUIT-managed machine. As always, please approve updates to your computer as soon as you’re able!

If you would like to have SEP installed on a University-managed computer (managed by a department outside of CUIT*), please have your IT support person/team contact CUIT Security to purchase Symantec licenses. In add remove programs when I try to uninstall the software I get the following message.

In your case, you are removing the SEP client from SEPM and not from the client machine. It should not be installed on servers or Columbia-owned/managed equipment. I am trying to uninstall Symantec Endpoint Protection. When you uninstall SEP from the client machine, the same gets reflected int he database and the SEPM would reflect the same and you may not have to worry about license at all. The Symantec installer was created for students' personal workstations and laptops. Students should uninstall Symantec, and visit CUIT's Malwarebytes for Students page to download our new endpoint security protection software. Note: Symantec for students was discontinued on Saturday, December 21st, 2019.

Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP), formerly known as Symantec AntiVirus, is a virus and spyware scanning program developed by the Symantec Corporation.

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