I'd never heard of Avecto Defendpoint, and after investigating, I see why.

A tool apparently aimed at Admins/Entities that think they need to
provide Local Admin privileges to all users - that can't properly
interact with UAC?

Sorry, but my advice is dump the useless tool.

On Thu May 17 2018 05:44:29 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), William
Spratt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Bit of an odd one this.  In Windows 10 (edition 1803) Firefox install
> okay on clean installs.  After installing the Avecto Defendpoint
> client, it installs okay in Safe Mode.  However… in normal mode, the
> installer unpacks the files, but then stops.  The installer window
> doesn’t open.  Putting the “.exe” file into compatibility mode for 7
> or 8 means the installer windows opens, you can select options, but
> then the progress bar hangs at about 10%.
>
> The cause is clearly Avecto Defendpoint Client.  The install is being
> done with an Admin account, so the client shouldn’t be getting
> involved at all.  Firefox also installs without issue in previous
> editions of Windows 10 (with the client installed).  Previous versions
> of Firefox have the same issue when trying to install in edition 1803
> with the client active.
>
> Has anyone had any similar experiences?
>
> I’d like to whitelist the install files in the Avecto console to see
> if that resolves the issue.  Where does the “.exe” upack the files to?
>
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