Internet Security Essentials

A way to uninstall Internet Security Essentials from your system

This web page contains complete information on how to remove Internet Security Essentials for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Comodo. Additional info about Comodo can be read here. Internet Security Essentials is typically installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials directory, depending on the user's option. You can uninstall Internet Security Essentials by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\ProgramData\COMODO\ISE\ise_installer.exe. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is called vkise.exe and it has a size of 3.46 MB (3632848 bytes).

The executables below are part of Internet Security Essentials. They occupy about 3.59 MB (3766688 bytes) on disk.

• isesrv.exe (130.70 KB)
• vkise.exe (3.46 MB)

This page is about Internet Security Essentials version 1.2.424651.94 alone. You can find below info on other versions of Internet Security Essentials:

• 1.3.438464.135
• 1.1.404761.40
• 1.6.472587.185
• 1.1.404762.41
• 1.5.463447.175
• 1.1.397428.24
• 1.3.449364.146
• 1.2.419616.81
• 1.3.436779.133
• 1.3.453193.152
• 1.1.400604.29
• 1.2.421501.88
• 1.1.413499.43
• 1.3.447691.139
• 1.1.404585.39
• 1.2.422025.92
• 1.0.395581.19
• 1.4.459983.158

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you remove Internet Security Essentials.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\authroot.stl
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\cmdhtml.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\isesrv.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\Translations\vkise.bulgarian.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\Translations\vkise.chinese.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\Translations\vkise.dutch.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\Translations\vkise.english.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\Translations\vkise.french.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\Translations\vkise.german.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\Translations\vkise.romanian.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\Translations\vkise.russian.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\Translations\vkise.spanish.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\Translations\vkise.turkish.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\Translations\vkise.ukrainian.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\Translations\vkise.vietnamese.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\vkise.exe

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ComodoIse

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\isesrv\ImagePath

A way to remove Internet Security Essentials from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Internet Security Essentials is an application by Comodo. Frequently, computer users want to uninstall this application. This is easier said than done because removing this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE action to uninstall Internet 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Internet Security Essentials or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Internet Security Essentials". The Internet Security Essentials application will be found very quickly. When you click Internet Security Essentials in the list of apps, some information about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Internet Security Essentials, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Internet Security Essentials.


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

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Internet Security Essentials by Comodo from your computer, we are not saying that Internet Security Essentials by Comodo is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Internet 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.