Detect and uninstall antivirus - powershell

Question

I have been trying to make a powershell script to detect what antivirus software is installed, and then uninstall it.
I have been able to detect what antivirus is installed using WMI.
I cant find a way to uninstall antivirus software via powershell however.
Is there a way to do this?
Hope you guys can help.
The script i use to detect antivirus:
function Get-AntivirusName {
[cmdletBinding()]
param (
[string]$ComputerName = "$env:computername" ,
$Credential
)
BEGIN
{
$wmiQuery = "SELECT * FROM AntiVirusProduct"
}
PROCESS
{
$AntivirusProduct = Get-WmiObject -Namespace "root\SecurityCenter2" -Query $wmiQuery #psboundparameters
[array]$AntivirusNames = $AntivirusProduct.displayName
Switch($AntivirusNames) {
{$AntivirusNames.Count -eq 0}{"No Antivirus installed";Continue}
{$AntivirusNames.Count -eq 1 -and $_ -eq "Windows Defender"} {"Only Windows Defender is installed!";Continue}
{$_ -ne "Windows Defender"} {"Antivirus installed ($_)."}
}
}
END {
}
}
$av = Get-AntivirusName
Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework
[System.Windows.MessageBox]::Show($av,'Antivirus')

Answer 1

You could try the following, from https://community.spiceworks.com/scripts/show/3161-detect-and-remove-software-powershell:
################################################
# Powershell Detect and Remove software script #
# #
# V1.0 - Gav #
################################################
# - Edit the Variables below and launch the #
# script as an account that can access the #
# machines. #
# - Script will check that logs exist and #
# create them if needed. #
################################################
cls
#VARIABLES - EDIT BELOW
$software = "INSERT SOFTWARE HERE" # - Enter the name as it appears from WMIC query. WMIC PRODUCT NAME
$textfile = "C:\path\pclist.txt"
$Successlogfile = "C:\path\Done_Machines.txt"
$Errorlogfile = "C:\path\Failed_Machines.txt"
#Date Calculation for Logs
$today = Get-Date
$today = $today.ToString("dddd (dd-MMMM-yyyy)")
#Load PC's From Text File
$computers = Get-Content "$textfile"
#Check if Log Files Exist
If (Test-Path $Successlogfile) {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Success Log File Exists, Results will be appended"
}
else
{
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Success Log File does not exist, creating log file"
New-Item -path $Successlogfile -ItemType file
}
If (Test-Path $Errorlogfile) {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Error Log File Exists, Results will be appended"
}
else
{
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Error Log File does not exist, creating log file"
New-Item -path $Successlogfile -ItemType file
}
#Run Ping Test and Uninstall if turned on
foreach ($computer in $computers) {
If (Test-Connection -quiet -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -computername $computer -count 2)
{
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "$Computer is responding, Attempting Uninstall of $Software"
Add-Content $Successlogfile "`n$today`n$Computer`n"
Get-WmiObject -class Win32_Product -ComputerName $computer | Where-Object {$_.Name -match $software} | ForEach-Object { $_.Uninstall()}
}
else
{
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "$Computer is not responding"
Add-Content $Errorlogfile "`n$today`n$Computer`n"
}
}