ESET Security

How to uninstall ESET Security from your system

You can find below detailed information on how to remove ESET Security for Windows. The Windows release was created by ESET, spol. s r.o.. You can find out more on ESET, spol. s r.o. or check for application updates here. ESET Security is normally installed in the C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security directory, depending on the user's choice. MsiExec.exe /I{1CE8E9F0-4D99-4C80-B3CB-4A19C083B2B5} is the full command line if you want to remove ESET Security. callmsi.exe is the ESET Security's primary executable file and it takes approximately 160.59 KB (164448 bytes) on disk.

ESET Security installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 24.40 MB (25588328 bytes) on disk.

• callmsi.exe (160.59 KB)
• CertImporter-1554.exe (226.02 KB)
• eCapture.exe (247.09 KB)
• ecls.exe (645.09 KB)
• ecmd.exe (181.30 KB)
• ecmds.exe (181.30 KB)
• eComServer.exe (471.09 KB)
• eeclnt.exe (222.59 KB)
• egui.exe (6.19 MB)
• eguiProxy.exe (683.59 KB)
• ekrn.exe (2.25 MB)
• eOppFrame.exe (246.62 KB)
• speclean.exe (8.43 MB)
• SysInspector.exe (4.14 MB)
• CertImporter-1554.exe (202.02 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 13.1.16.0 of ESET Security. For other ESET Security versions please click below:

• 11.2.32.0
• 17.1.9.0
• 11.0.144.0
• 11.0.131.0
• 12.2.29.0
• 14.5.41.1
• 17.5.16.0
• 15.4.18.0
• 13.2.15.0
• 15.0.18.0
• 13.2.16.0
• 12.2.30.0
• 11.0.137.0
• 14.2.24.0
• 15.0.23.0
• 11.1.42.0
• 11.0.120.0
• 16.4.24.0
• 14.0.24.0
• 16.0.28.0
• 23.2.13.0
• 17.0.13.0
• 11.0.123.1
• 14.0.21.0
• 17.1.11.0
• 13.2.14.0
• 11.0.134.0
• 14.2.23.0
• 12.2.31.0
• 14.1.20.0
• 13.0.22.0
• 11.0.159.9
• 11.0.113.2
• 17.0.15.0
• 10.2.57.0
• 12.1.31.0
• 11.0.123.0
• 14.2.15.0
• 14.0.22.1
• 16.0.22.0
• 11.0.154.0
• 15.1.12.0
• 12.2.23.0
• 11.0.159.5
• 16.2.11.0
• 15.2.11.0
• 15.2.17.0
• 16.0.24.0
• 13.2.18.0
• 13.0.24.0
• 14.2.19.0
• 11.0.149.0
• 17.0.0.0
• 16.1.26.0
• 16.0.26.0
• 15.0.19.0
• 15.0.21.0
• 17.0.16.0
• 14.0.22.0
• 11.2.63.0
• 15.0.16.0
• 14.2.10.0
• 11.1.54.0
• 17.0.10.0
• 14.1.19.0
• 11.0.158.0
• 16.2.13.0
• 11.1.57.0
• 11.1.42.1
• 12.0.31.0
• 16.1.14.0
• 12.0.23.0
• 12.1.34.0
• 16.2.15.0
• 14.0.19.0
• 12.0.27.0
• 11.0.124.0
• 16.0.21.0
• 11.2.49.0
• 12.2.28.0
• 13.1.21.0
• 11.0.159.0

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security

The files below remain on your disk when you remove ESET Security:

• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\ebehmonl.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\ekrn.exe
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\ekrnEpfw.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\ekrnEpfwLang.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\ekrnLang.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\InstSuppEx.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\msvcp140.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\ucrtbase.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\vcruntime140.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\vcruntime140_1.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\x86\ebehmonl.dll
• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\x86\eplgChrome.dll
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\068431599B8AE8E40A72A63EECD4566B6A60A1FD.NDF
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\068431599B8AE8E40A72A63EECD4566B6A60A1FD.NQF
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\4D36ABE8924E89D0B02E56DF5074A09AD926ED68.NDF
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\4D36ABE8924E89D0B02E56DF5074A09AD926ED68.NQF
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\620CD29B1C90431943097B23CAB75C56EA049F0E.NDF
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\620CD29B1C90431943097B23CAB75C56EA049F0E.NQF
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\8D6E8E6C31170FF3743F94FA5A2B145B3C5D357D.NDF
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\8D6E8E6C31170FF3743F94FA5A2B145B3C5D357D.NQF
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\97B8370BBBA16D930972B334DE7BEAE96A821117.NDF
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\97B8370BBBA16D930972B334DE7BEAE96A821117.NQF
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\9E79C2FDEFC130BB3C2456AC34F413E2CAACB1CB.NDF
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\9E79C2FDEFC130BB3C2456AC34F413E2CAACB1CB.NQF
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\C5FB996FA4A43939773D0CB468A677A1F24F89C2.NDF
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\C5FB996FA4A43939773D0CB468A677A1F24F89C2.NQF
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\D00B673AA2601255B4C35CA53A2D0111D8F5E7E7.NDF
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\D00B673AA2601255B4C35CA53A2D0111D8F5E7E7.NQF
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Security\Quarantine\INFO.NQI
• C:\Windows\Installer\{0A7D63B6-E4B2-4AA4-A5A4-8A9889E91546}\Icon_Product

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ESET Security Shell
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ESET Security Shell
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drives\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ESET Security Shell
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ESET Security Shell
• HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\ESET\ESET Security
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6B36D7A02B4E4AA45A4AA889989E5164
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ESET\ESET Security
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{0A7D63B6-E4B2-4AA4-A5A4-8A9889E91546}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\ESET\ESET Security

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6B36D7A02B4E4AA45A4AA889989E5164\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{0A7D63B6-E4B2-4AA4-A5A4-8A9889E91546}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ekrn\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ekrnEpfw\ImagePath

A way to uninstall ESET Security from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ESET Security is an application by the software company ESET, spol. s r.o.. Sometimes, people try to remove this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because removing this manually requires some knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK practice to remove ESET Security 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate ESET Security or simply activate the Search feature and type in "ESET Security". The ESET Security application will be found automatically. When you select ESET Security in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding ESET Security, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove ESET Security.


8. After uninstalling ESET Security, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of ESET Security which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling ESET Security using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall ESET Security by ESET, spol. s r.o. from your computer, nor are we saying that ESET Security by ESET, spol. s r.o. is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall ESET Security supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.