ESET Smart Security
A guide to uninstall ESET Smart Security from your computer
You can find on this page details on how to remove ESET Smart Security for Windows. The Windows release was developed by ESET, spol. s r.o.. Take a look here for more info on ESET, spol. s r.o.. Usually the ESET Smart Security program is installed in the C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security directory, depending on the user's option during setup. egui.exe is the ESET Smart Security's main executable file and it takes around 2.12 MB (2219184 bytes) on disk.The following executable files are incorporated in ESET Smart Security. They occupy 5.57 MB (5837272 bytes) on disk.
- callmsi.exe (66.94 KB)
- ecls.exe (264.09 KB)
- ecmd.exe (58.89 KB)
- eeclnt.exe (70.96 KB)
- egui.exe (2.12 MB)
- EHttpSrv.exe (32.80 KB)
- ekrn.exe (791.16 KB)
- SysInspector.exe (686.55 KB)
- SysRescue.exe (1.19 MB)
- upgrade.exe (340.25 KB)
The current web page applies to ESET Smart Security version 4.2.67.10 only. Click on the links below for other ESET Smart Security versions:
- 5.0.94.0
- 9.0.318.10
- 5.0.93.0
- 4.2.64.12
- 5.0.93.8
- 10.1.219.0
- 5.2.15.1
- 9.0.376.1
- 9.0.386.1
- 9.0.318.6
- 10.0.386.5
- 10.0.386.0
- 10.0.337.1
- 10.0.337.3
- 3.0.621.0
- 10.0.386.3
- 9.0.429.0
- 10.1.245.1
- 9.0.425.4
- 10.0.369.0
- 9.0.381.2
- 9.0.386.0
- 10.1.210.0
- 9.0.231.14
- 9.0.349.6
- 10.1.219.1
- 10.1.235.1
- 9.0.325.1
- 4.2.71.2
- 4.2.58.4
- 4.0.437.0
- 3.0.672.0
- 9.0.425.3
- 9.0.349.7
- 10.0.359.1
- 5.2.15.0
- 4.2.58.3
- 9.0.376.2
- 10.1.204.3
- 10.0.332.1
- 9.0.381.1
- 10.1.210.2
- 9.0.374.1
- 9.0.318.24
- 9.0.385.1
- 9.0.318.22
- 9.0.349.0
- 5.0.90.18
- 9.0.231.4
- 4.2.71.3
- 10.0.369.1
- 10.1.204.0
- 9.0.429.2
- 5.0.95.0
- 10.1.235.0
- 4.0.467.0
- 10.1.204.4
- 9.0.351.2
- 10.1.235.4
- 9.0.349.15
- 9.0.349.14
- 9.0.318.30
- 10.0.399.0
- 5.0.90.32
- 5.2.9.12
- 5.2.9.1
- 9.0.318.14
- 9.0.429.6
- 3.0.669.0
- 9.0.377.1
- 4.0.474.0
- 9.0.381.0
- 5.0.84.0
- 9.0.429.1
- 9.0.231.10
- 9.0.375.3
- 10.0.369.2
- 9.0.423.1
- 4.2.67.13
- 9.0.375.0
- 10.0.386.2
- 9.0.377.0
- 10.0.386.1
- 9.0.318.31
- 9.0.351.3
- 10.0.386.4
- 9.0.375.1
- 10.1.235.3
- 9.0.318.0
- 5.0.93.7
- 9.0.318.20
- 10.1.245.0
- 9.0.117.0
- 10.0.390.0
- 9.0.349.19
- 10.1.204.5
- 4.2.76.0
- 9.0.375.2
- 10.1.204.2
- 10.1.204.1
Numerous files, folders and registry data will not be deleted when you are trying to remove ESET Smart Security from your computer.
You should delete the folders below after you uninstall ESET Smart Security:
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Smart Security
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ESET\ESET Smart Security
Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall ESET Smart Security:
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\egui.exe
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiAmon.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiDmon.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiEmon.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiEpfw.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiMailPlugins.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiProduct.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiScan.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiSmon.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiUpdate.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\x86\ekrn.exe
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\x86\ekrnAmon.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\x86\ekrnDmon.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\x86\ekrnEmon.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\x86\ekrnEpfw.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\x86\ekrnMailPlugins.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\x86\ekrnScan.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\x86\ekrnSmon.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\x86\ekrnUpdate.dll
- C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\x86\updater.dll
- C:\Windows\Installer\{57A55288-6BA7-47F4-9F6D-9E4086463471}\egui.exe
You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ESET Smart Security - Context Menu Shell Extension
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ESET Smart Security - Context Menu Shell Extension
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drives\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ESET Smart Security - Context Menu Shell Extension
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ESET Smart Security - Context Menu Shell Extension
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\88255A757AB64F74F9D6E90468644317
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{57A55288-6BA7-47F4-9F6D-9E4086463471}
Open regedit.exe to delete the registry values below from the Windows Registry:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\88255A757AB64F74F9D6E90468644317\ProductName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\windows\Installer\{57A55288-6BA7-47F4-9F6D-9E4086463471}\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EhttpSrv\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ekrn\ImagePath
How to delete ESET Smart Security from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO
ESET Smart Security is an application offered by ESET, spol. s r.o.. Sometimes, computer users choose to remove it. This can be troublesome because deleting this manually takes some know-how related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK way to remove ESET Smart Security is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows computer.
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3. Press the General Tools button
4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you
6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate ESET Smart Security or simply activate the Search field and type in "ESET Smart Security". The ESET Smart Security application will be found automatically. When you select ESET Smart Security in the list of programs, the following information regarding the application is shown to you:
- Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding ESET Smart Security, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
- Details regarding the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
8. After removing ESET Smart Security, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of ESET Smart Security which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing ESET Smart Security with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.
Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.
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Disclaimer
The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall ESET Smart Security by ESET, spol. s r.o. from your PC, nor are we saying that ESET Smart Security by ESET, spol. s r.o. is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall ESET Smart Security in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.
2016-06-19 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO
follow @DanielStatescuLast update on: 2016-06-19 07:07:46.510