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'Kaspersky Software Updater' keeps installing, but I got rid of Kaspersky AV
I kept finding it on workstations here and there. I would uninstall thinking I missed it, but I continued to find it. I thought maybe there was a remaining workstation acting as a repository and in...
Hi crcurran,
I understand your concern and would like to reassure you and all of our Central customers, that we closely monitor and review all 3rd party software that we use. Disabling the Automatic Updates feature will result in the software being removed but, there is also a One2Many script that you can run. I have shared your feedback with the product team.
It looks like LogMeIn autoinstalled Kaspersky Software Updater without asking. Additionally, it was installed in an insecure manner introducing a vulnerability on every machine on my network. It installed the KSU service and gave "Everyone" control over the service therefore unprivileged users can modify the properties of this service, allowing an unprivileged, local attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands as SYSTEM.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms685981(VS.85).aspx
This is Unacceptable. Additionally, there doesn't seem to be a silent uninstaller, which means every system must be visited.
LogMeIn - where do you get off autoinstalling Kaspersky software onto our machines?
Silent uninstall string is
msiexec.exe /x{DEEDA858-A9B4-4212-8873-2F2CE2706E68} /qb
It may be part of their new 3rd party software updater system, so if you use that check for further guidance. We don't.
I'll post back if the software recurs after this removal.
Edit 10/27/17 - So far, no recurrance of the installs.
From the registry the new guid...
MsiExec.exe /X{EB3EB252-23C8-4E03-89DA-3D9BC479BB69} /qb
