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Remove Mcafee Software

Summary​

This document outlines the process to remove all McAfee products from an endpoint using the ConnectWise RMM implementation of the agnostic script Remove-McAfeeSoftware.

Sample Run​

Sample Run 1
Sample Run 2

Dependencies​

Remove-McAfeeSoftware

Task Creation​

Create a new Script Editor style script in the system to implement this task.
Task Creation Image 1
Task Creation Image 2

Name: Remove McAfee Software
Description: Removes all McAfee products from an endpoint.
Category: Application
Task Creation Image 3

Task​

Navigate to the Script Editor section and start by adding a row. You can do this by clicking the Add Row button at the bottom of the script page.
Add Row Image

A blank function will appear.
Blank Function Image

Row 1 Function: PowerShell Script​

Search and select the PowerShell Script function.
PowerShell Script Selection 1
PowerShell Script Selection 2

The following function will pop up on the screen:
PowerShell Function Pop Up

Paste in the following PowerShell script and set the Expected time of script execution in seconds to 900 seconds. Click the Save button.

#region Setup - Variables
$ProjectName = 'Remove-McAfeeSoftware'
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [enum]::ToObject([Net.SecurityProtocolType], 3072)
$BaseURL = 'https://file.provaltech.com/repo'
$PS1URL = "$BaseURL/script/$ProjectName.ps1"
$WorkingDirectory = "C:\ProgramData\_automation\script\$ProjectName"
$PS1Path = "$WorkingDirectory\$ProjectName.ps1"
$WorkingPath = $WorkingDirectory
$LogPath = "$WorkingDirectory\$ProjectName-log.txt"
$ErrorLogPath = "$WorkingDirectory\$ProjectName-Error.txt"
#endregion
#region Setup - Folder Structure
New-Item -Path $WorkingDirectory -ItemType Directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $PS1URL -UseBasicParsing
if (($response.StatusCode -ne 200) -and (!(Test-Path -Path $PS1Path))) {
    throw "No pre-downloaded script exists and the script '$PS1URL' failed to download. Exiting."
} elseif ($response.StatusCode -eq 200) {
    Remove-Item -Path $PS1Path -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    [System.IO.File]::WriteAllLines($PS1Path, $response.Content)
}
if (!(Test-Path -Path $PS1Path)) {
    throw 'An error occurred and the script was unable to be downloaded. Exiting.'
}
#endregion
#region Execution
if ($Parameters) {
    & $PS1Path @Parameters
} else {
    & $PS1Path
}
#endregion
#region log verification
if ( !(Test-Path $LogPath) ) {
    throw 'PowerShell Failure. A Security application seems to have restricted the execution of the PowerShell Script.'
}
if ( Test-Path $ErrorLogPath ) {
    $ErrorContent = ( Get-Content -Path $ErrorLogPath )
    throw $ErrorContent
}
Get-Content -Path $LogPath
#endregion

PowerShell Script Image

Row 2 Function: Script Log​

Add a new row by clicking the Add Row button.
Add Row Image 2

A blank function will appear.
Blank Function Image 2

Search and select the Script Log function.
Script Log Selection

The following function will pop up on the screen:
Script Log Pop Up

In the script log message, simply type %Output% and click the Save button.
Save Script Log

Click the Save button at the top-right corner of the screen to save the script.
Save Script Button

Completed Script​

Completed Script

Output​

  • Script log