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#125272 - 2004-08-18 06:10 PM Instant Messenger Removal/Detection
rkix99 Offline
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Anyone have an up-to-date script for detecting and removing the various chat clients? AIM, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, etc?

I have searched a few posts and found one where NTDOC created an executeable for this purpose. Anyone have a copy of the executeable?

You help would be greatly appreciated .

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#125273 - 2004-08-18 06:23 PM Re: Instant Messenger Removal/Detection
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Why not attack this at the source and just block the IM Ports used?

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#125274 - 2004-08-18 06:44 PM Re: Instant Messenger Removal/Detection
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We tried that, the problem is that the software can be configured to use port 80 which we cannot block for obvious reasons.
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#125275 - 2004-08-18 07:02 PM Re: Instant Messenger Removal/Detection
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Block the central servers hosting the service.
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#125276 - 2004-08-18 10:33 PM Re: Instant Messenger Removal/Detection
rkix99 Offline
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We have found that to be a moving target. Anyone have a scropt for removal?
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#125277 - 2004-08-19 11:43 AM Re: Instant Messenger Removal/Detection
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Okay Ralph here is a little more information.
This has only been tested on 1 Windows XP and 1 Server 2003 system and does appear to work. Your mileage may vary.

Download MSN Messenger
http://messenger.msn.com/Download/

Using Winzip or WinRAR you can extract the file MsnMsgs.msi from the SetupDl.exe file of Messenger 6.x



Quote:

Monitoring the registry during install of MSN Messenger 6.2 returned the following

Keys added:299
Values added:406
Values modified:10





And here is some KiXtart code to accomplish either Installing or Removing MSN Messenger 6.x (default installations only)

Code:
Break On

Dim $SO
$SO=SetOption('Explicit','On')
$SO=SetOption('NoVarsInStrings','On')

Dim $MSN
$MSN=MSNMessenger('I')

Function MSNMessenger($Method)
Dim $Key,$Operation
Select
Case $Method = 'I'
Shell 'msiexec /i ' + @CurDir +'\MsnMsgs.msi IAGREE="Yes" ADDEXPLORERTOOLBAR="" SETSEARCHENGINE="" SETHOMEPAGE="" /q'
Case $Method = 'U'
$Key='HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{ABEB838C-A1A7-4C5D-B7E1-8B4314600137}'
$Operation=Join(Split(ReadValue($Key,'UninstallString'),'/i'),'/q /x')
Shell $Operation
Case 1
$Operation = MessageBox("Invalid input, please use either an I to install or a U to uninstall", "MSN Messenger Error", 4112)
EndFunction


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#125278 - 2004-08-20 10:35 AM Re: Instant Messenger Removal/Detection
NTDOC Administrator Offline
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Ralph you around? Did you give this a try? This should either install or remove MSN Messenger 6.x silently.

It will not remove the Windows Messenger though.

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#125279 - 2004-08-20 02:26 PM Re: Instant Messenger Removal/Detection
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Then you have AIM, Yahoo, etc.

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#125280 - 2004-08-25 11:02 AM Re: Instant Messenger Removal/Detection
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Hey THIS is FUN
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We are experimenting with using a GPO to prevent users from running the executables for these applications - works OK with MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger - we've not come across any others at our site.
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