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  • Uninstall Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition Client Manually

    Posted on July 18th, 2009 admin No comments

    Trend Micro OfficeScan is normally deployed in corporate network environment to provide endpoint security. Administrators can remotely uninstall the Office Scan client, and user at the workstation can uninstall the client program using built-in uninstall mechanism too (i.e. Add and Remove Program in Control Panel). If for some reason, the Office Scan client cannot or unable to uninstall, or user doesn’t have the required password to remove the OfficeScan client, try the following workaround to manually uninstall and remove Trend Micro OfficeScan.

    • Go to Control Panel Services (services.msc), and stop the following services:

    OfficeScanNT Listener
    OfficeScanNT RealTimeScan
    OfficeScanNT Personal Firewall (if enabled)

    • Run Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
    • Navigate to the following registry key hive:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es

    • Delete the following keys (if available):

    Ntrtscan
    Tmlisten
    TmFilter
    VSApiNt
    TMPreFilter
    TM_CFW
    OfcPfwSvc

    • Navigate to the following registry hive:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\TrendMicro

    or

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Wow6432Node\TrendMicro (in 64-bit Windows operating system)

    • Delete the following keys (if available):

    OfcWatchDog
    Pc-cillinNTCorp or OfficeScanCorp (depending on the client)
    RemoteAgent
    PC-cillin
    CFW

    • Browse to the following registry key hive:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

    • Delete the OfficeScanNT key.
    • Delete the OfficeScan program group (Trend Micro OfficeScan Client) from the Windows Start menu.
    • Restart the computer.
    • Delete the directories that contain the OfficeScan Client program files, normally located inside Program Files folder.

    Above steps work for OfficeScan 7.x client in Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/Vista/2008 machine. For Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition (OSCE) - 5.58, OfficeScan Corporate Edition (OSCE) - 6.5, Client / Server / Messaging Suite for SMB - 2.0, follow these manual uninstallation steps instead.

    • Delete the Trend Micro OfficeScan Client program shortcut in Start Menu, by right click on it and then choose Delete.
    • Delete the installed files located in the OfficeScan folder under the \Program Files\Trend Micro\OfficeScan Client directory.
    • Open the Registry Editor (regedit).
    • Navigate to the following registry key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\TrendMicro

    • Delete the following keys:

    OfcWatchDog
    PC-cillin
    PC-cillinNTCorp

    • Also delete the following registry hives:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run\OfficeScanNT Monitor
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\OfficeScanNT
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\ntrtscan HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\tmfilter
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\tmlisten
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\TmPreFilter (for Win2003)
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\VSApiNt

    • Right click on My Computer, click Manage and then select Device Manager.
    • Enable the Show Hidden Devices option.
    • Remove the following hidden devices in Non-Plug and Play Drivers tree pertaining to OfficeScan (right-click and select Uninstall):

    Trend Micro VSAPI NT
    Trend Micro FILTER
    Common Firewall Driver
    NTRTSCAN (if available)
    TMLISTEN (if available)

    • Restart the OfficeScan client machine.

    SOLUTION 2:

    1.

    Right-click on the OfficeScan system tray icon then select Unload OfficeScan. If you are asked for a password, enter the unload password then click OK. If you do not know the password, skip this step.

    2.

    Open the Windows Services console (services.msc).

    3.

    Stop the following services:

    OfficeScanNT Listener

    OfficeScanNT RealTime Scan

    OfficeScanNT Personal Firewall
    Note: The services will already be stopped if you were able to unload the OfficeScan client in Step 1.

    4.

    Click Start > Programs, right-click on Trend Micro OfficeScan Client then click Delete.

    5.

    Open the Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
    Important: Always make a back up copy of the whole registry before making any modifications. Incorrect changes to the registry can cause serious system problems.

    6.

    a.

    Delete the following registry key(s):

    If only the OfficeScan client program is installed:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TrendMicro

    If there are other Trend Micro products installed:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TrendMicro\NSC
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TrendMicro\OfcWatchDog
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TrendMicro\PC-cillinNTCorp

    b.

    Delete the following registry key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OfficeScanNT

    c.

    Delete the following registry value:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
    Name: OfficeScanNT Monitor (REG_SZ)

    d.

    Delete all instances of the following registry keys in the following locations:
    Locations:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services
    Keys:

    ntrtscan

    tmcfw

    tmcomm

    TmFilter

    Tmlisten

    tmpfw

    TmPreFilter

    TmProxy

    tmtdi

    VSApiNt

    ntrtscan

    7.

    Close the Registry Editor.

    8.

    Click Start > Settings > Control Panel then double-click System.

    9.

    Click the Hardware tab then click Device Manager.

    10.

    Click View > Show hidden devices.

    11.

    Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers then uninstall the following devices:

    tmcomm

    Trend Micro Filter

    Trend Micro PreFilter

    Trend Micro TDI Driver

    Trend Micro VSAPI NT

    12.

    Uninstall the Common Firewall Driver:

    a.

    Right-click on My Network Places then click Properties.

    b.

    Right-click on Local Area Connection then click Properties.

    c.

    On the General tab, select Trend Micro Common Firewall Driver then click Uninstall.
    For Windows Vista clients, do the following:

    a.

    Right-click on Network then click Properties.

    b.

    Click Manage network connections.

    c.

    Right-click on Local Area Connection then click Properties.

    d.

    On the Networking tab, select Trend Micro Common Firewall Driver then click Uninstall.

    13.

    Restart the computer.

    14.

    Delete the following directory:

    If only the OfficeScan client program is installed:
    C:\Program Files\Trend Micro

    If there are other Trend Micro products installed:

    C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\OfficeScan Client

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