ESET Smart Security

How to uninstall ESET Smart Security from your PC

You can find below details on how to uninstall ESET Smart Security for Windows. It is developed by ESET, spol. s r.o.. You can read more on ESET, spol. s r.o. or check for application updates here. Usually the ESET Smart Security application is to be found in the C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security folder, depending on the user's option during install. ESET Smart Security's complete uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /I{C7967963-BE1C-4ABA-839F-3CB206E50697}. The program's main executable file occupies 126.20 KB (129224 bytes) on disk and is labeled callmsi.exe.

ESET Smart Security contains of the executables below. They occupy 13.11 MB (13751640 bytes) on disk.

• callmsi.exe (126.20 KB)
• eCapture.exe (159.70 KB)
• ecls.exe (445.20 KB)
• ecmd.exe (51.59 KB)
• eeclnt.exe (51.20 KB)
• egui.exe (5.29 MB)
• ekrn.exe (2.40 MB)
• eOPPFrame.exe (197.20 KB)
• speclean.exe (575.70 KB)
• SysInspector.exe (3.70 MB)
• CertImporter-1271.exe (158.20 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 9.0.349.0 of ESET Smart Security. You can find here a few links to 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
• 5.0.90.18
• 9.0.231.4
• 4.2.67.10
• 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

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Quite a few files, folders and Windows registry data can be left behind when you are trying to remove ESET Smart Security from your PC.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security

The files below are left behind on your disk by ESET Smart Security's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\shellExt.dll
• C:\Windows\Installer\{EE928C63-34BF-4157-8B20-C20404A22A34}\Icon_Product

Many times the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• 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_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ESET Smart Security - Context Menu Shell Extension
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\36C829EEFB437514B8022C40402AA243
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EE928C63-34BF-4157-8B20-C20404A22A34}

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\36C829EEFB437514B8022C40402AA243\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Help\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{EE928C63-34BF-4157-8B20-C20404A22A34}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ekrn\ImagePath

How to remove ESET Smart Security from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ESET Smart Security is an application released by ESET, spol. s r.o.. Frequently, users decide to uninstall it. Sometimes this is hard because removing this manually requires some skill regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY solution to uninstall ESET Smart Security is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about 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 a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find ESET Smart Security or simply activate the Search field and type in "ESET Smart Security". If it exists on your system the ESET Smart Security program will be found automatically. After you select ESET Smart Security in the list of applications, some data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about ESET Smart Security, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove ESET Smart Security.


8. After removing ESET Smart Security, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong ESET Smart Security which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing ESET Smart Security with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove 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 application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove ESET Smart Security supposing 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' PCs.