Microsoft Security Essentials

A way to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials from your system

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows. It is made by Microsoft Corporation. Take a look here for more details on Microsoft Corporation. More details about Microsoft Security Essentials can be found at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=154511&mkt=en-us. Usually the Microsoft Security Essentials application is placed in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The entire uninstall command line for Microsoft Security Essentials is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\setup.exe /x. msseces.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 1.32 MB (1385728 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of Microsoft Security Essentials. They occupy about 4.79 MB (5022296 bytes) on disk.

• MpCmdRun.exe (238.24 KB)
• MsMpEng.exe (16.99 KB)
• msseces.exe (1.32 MB)
• msseoobe.exe (716.02 KB)
• setup.exe (897.08 KB)
• Update.exe (785.92 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.0.1759.0 of Microsoft Security Essentials. For other Microsoft Security Essentials versions please click below:

• 4.5.216.0
• 4.6.305.0
• 4.4.304.0
• 4.3.215.0
• 1.0.2498.0
• 4.1.522.0
• 2.1.1116.0
• 2.0.657.0
• 4.3.219.0
• 4.0.1526.0
• 4.3.216.0
• 4.2.223.1
• 2.0.719.0
• 4.0.1538.0
• 1.0.1961.0
• 4.0.1111.0
• 1.0.1611.0
• 1.0.1963.0
• 4.7.205.0
• 4.8.201.0
• 2.0.375.0
• 1.0.1500.0
• 4.5
• 1.0.1959.0
• 4.8.204.0
• 4.0.1512.0
• 1.0.1407.0
• 4.0
• 2.0.522.0
• 4.9.218.0
• 1.0.1501.0
• 4.5.218.0
• 4.10.205.0
• 4.10.209.0
• 1.0.2140.0
• 4.0.1110.0

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are shown below.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Backup\amloc-pt-br.msi
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Backup\mp_ambits.msi
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Backup\msse.msi
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Backup\pt-br\SetupRes.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Backup\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Backup\setup.ini
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Backup\SetupRes.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Drivers\mpfilter\mpfilter.cat
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Drivers\mpfilter\mpfilter.inf
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Drivers\mpfilter\mpfilter.sys
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Drivers\mpnwmon\mpnwmon.cat
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Drivers\mpnwmon\mpnwmon.inf
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Drivers\mpnwmon\mpnwmon.sys
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\en-us\MpAsDesc.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\en-us\mpevmsg.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpAsDesc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpClient.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpCmdRun.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpCommu.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\mpevmsg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpOAv.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpRTP.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpSvc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MsMpCom.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MsMpEng.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MsMpLics.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\PT-BR\MpAsDesc.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\PT-BR\MpEvMsg.dll.mui

Generally the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Security Essentials

Supplementary registry values that are not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\

A way to remove Microsoft Security Essentials using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Security Essentials is a program marketed by Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, people choose to erase this application. This can be difficult because performing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK manner to erase Microsoft Security Essentials is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Microsoft Security Essentials or simply click the Search field and type in "Microsoft Security Essentials". If it is installed on your PC the Microsoft Security Essentials application will be found automatically. After you click Microsoft Security Essentials in the list of programs, the following information about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Microsoft Security Essentials, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Microsoft Security Essentials:

• The publisher is: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=154511&mkt=en-us
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\setup.exe /x

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Microsoft Security Essentials.


8. After uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Microsoft Security Essentials which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Microsoft Security Essentials supposing 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.