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A way to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials from your PC

This web page is about Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was created for Windows by Microsoft Corporation. More info about Microsoft Corporation can be read here. You can see more info on Microsoft Security Essentials at . Microsoft Security Essentials is usually set up in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials folder, but this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the application. Microsoft Security Essentials's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\setup.exe /x. msseces.exe is the Microsoft Security Essentials's primary executable file and it takes about 1.05 MB (1095872 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of Microsoft Security Essentials. They occupy about 3.95 MB (4142704 bytes) on disk.

  • MpCmdRun.exe (198.02 KB)
  • MsMpEng.exe (17.48 KB)
  • msseces.exe (1.05 MB)
  • msseoobe.exe (629.11 KB)
  • setup.exe (729.22 KB)
  • Update.exe (672.37 KB)
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The current web page applies to Microsoft Security Essentials version 1.0.1959.0 alone. Click on the links below for other Microsoft Security Essentials versions:

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A way to erase Microsoft Security Essentials from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Security Essentials is a program released by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Some computer users want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be hard because doing this manually requires some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best SIMPLE action to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to take care of your PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Microsoft Security Essentials or simply click the Search feature and type in "Microsoft Security Essentials". The Microsoft Security Essentials app will be found automatically. When you click Microsoft Security Essentials in the list of programs, the following data regarding the program is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Microsoft Security Essentials, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Microsoft Security Essentials:





  • The publisher is: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=154511&mkt=el-gr
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\setup.exe /x
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Microsoft Security Essentials.
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8. After removing Microsoft Security Essentials, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Microsoft Security Essentials that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Microsoft Security Essentials using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • Windows XP (5.1)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, nor are we saying that Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2017-03-14 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-03-14 11:40:16.437