Originally posted here by morganlefay
Well...when I try to end task anyone of Symantecs processes on the client...it says access denied....????

Or if I try and change the setup...the options are greyed out.

When I try and uninstall.....it asks for a password...

So I am wondering if these malware are able to disable client AV

and if so...how???

MLF
My Bold

It will ask for a password by default. If the admin has not applied a change to the default password, "symantec", you will be able to uninstall by simply entering, "symantec".

I imagine you are aware of this anyway.

I can not give you a difinative answere to your main question, but it is possible to kill client protection manualy and uninstall protection. I have had to do this and it was before I learnt about the password default above.