McAfee VirusScan Enterprise

This is a silent installer and uninstaller for McAfee VirusScan Enterprise, an antivirus software. More infos from here.

McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise 8.8

I had problems with McAfee not updating correctly due to WPKG checking the uninstall check, I added in the version check which seamed to fix the problem. The second install/upgrade line is optional if your not copying across your AV settings from a previous version.

<package 
	 id="antivirus" 
	 name="McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8" 
	 revision="8800" 
	 reboot="false" 
	 priority="0" >
	 
	<check type="logical" condition="or"> <!-- Version Check, only way to ensure McAfee updates correctly -->
		<check type="registry" condition="equals" path="HKLM\SOFTWARE\McAfee\DesktopProtection\szProductVer" value="8.8.0.849" />
		<check type="registry" condition="equals" path="HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\McAfee\DesktopProtection\szProductVer" value="8.8.0.849" /> <!-- x64 check -->
	</check>
	<check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="McAfee VirusScan Enterprise" />
	 
		<install cmd='%SOFTWARE%\McAV\VSE880\Setupvse.exe /qn' />
		<install cmd='xcopy /y %SOFTWARE%\McAV\VSE870\MID\VSECFG.CAB "%PROGRAMFILES%\McAfee\VirusScan Enterprise\MID\" '/> <!-- mcav settings -->
		
		<upgrade cmd='%SOFTWARE%\McAV\VSE880\Setupvse.exe /qn' />
		<upgrade cmd='xcopy /y %SOFTWARE%\McAV\VSE870\MID\VSECFG.CAB "%PROGRAMFILES%\McAfee\VirusScan Enterprise\MID\" '/> <!-- mcav settings -->
		
		<remove cmd='msiexec /x {CE15D1B6-19B6-4D4D-8F43-CF5D2C3356FF} /qn' />
	</package>

McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise 8

<package id="mcafee" name="McAfee VirusScan Enterprise" revision="1" reboot="false" priority="0">
 <check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="McAfee VirusScan Enterprise" />
 <install cmd='%SOFTWARE%\ent80epo\setup REBOOT=R /qb /l*v "c:\netinst\logs\vse80i.log" ' />
 <remove cmd='msiexec /uninstall{5DF3D1BB-894E-4DCD-8275-159AC9829B43} /qb /l*v "c:\netinst\logs\vse80u.log" ' />
</package>

Amended*

I tried the above but the setup would fail when upgrading an existing version 8 installation to 8.5 as some framework services were already running. I stopped the services, then uninstalled the previous version 8 and then installed 8.5. I also check for the patch version, mine is currently patch 5.

 <package id="mcafee85" name="McAfee VirusScan Enterprise" revision="2" reboot="false" priority="50">
 <check type="logical" condition="and">
   <check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="McAfee VirusScan Enterprise" />
   <check type="file" condition="versiongreaterorequal" path="%programfiles%\mcafee\virusscan enterprise\mcupdate.exe" value="8.5.0.909" />
 </check>
    <install cmd='net stop mcafeeframework ' >
 	    <exit code='2' />  
        </install>
    <install cmd='net stop mcshield ' >
 	    <exit code='2' />  
        </install>
    <install cmd='net stop mctaskmanager ' >
 	    <exit code='2' />  
        </install>
    <install cmd='MsiExec.exe /q /X{5DF3D1BB-894E-4DCD-8275-159AC9829B43} ' >
 	    <exit code='1605' />  
        </install>
    <install cmd='MsiExec.exe /q /X{35C03C04-3F1F-42C2-A989-A757EE691F65} ' >
 	    <exit code='1605' />  
        </install>
    <install cmd='%SOFTWARE%\VSE850\setupvse.exe REBOOT=R RUNAUTOUPDATE="" RUNONDEMANDSCAN="" /qb- /lv "C:\Temp\McAfee_Install.log" ' />
    <upgrade cmd='msiexec /p "%software%\vse850\patch5\patch5.MSP" /qn ' />
    <remove cmd='MsiExec.exe /q /X{35C03C04-3F1F-42C2-A989-A757EE691F65} ' />
 </package>

A note: The above may work for some, but it caused a lot of trouble for me- autoupdates were broken after installing with the above sequence. Pjjw 02:37, 2 October 2008 (CEST)