Internet Security Essentials

A way to uninstall Internet Security Essentials from your computer

This page contains thorough information on how to uninstall Internet Security Essentials for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Comodo. You can read more on Comodo or check for application updates here. The program is often located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials folder (same installation drive as Windows). Internet Security Essentials's full uninstall command line is C:\ProgramData\COMODO\ISE\Installer\isestart.exe. vkise.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 3.23 MB (3386576 bytes) on disk.

Internet Security Essentials is composed of the following executables which occupy 3.34 MB (3505056 bytes) on disk:

• isesrv.exe (115.70 KB)
• vkise.exe (3.23 MB)

The current web page applies to Internet Security Essentials version 1.1.413499.43 alone. You can find here a few links to other Internet Security Essentials releases:

• 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
• 1.2.424651.94
• 1.3.436779.133
• 1.3.453193.152
• 1.1.400604.29
• 1.2.421501.88
• 1.3.447691.139
• 1.1.404585.39
• 1.2.422025.92
• 1.0.395581.19
• 1.4.459983.158

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Directories left on disk:

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

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

• 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\isedrv.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\iseguard32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\iseguard64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\isesrv.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\COMODO\Internet Security Essentials\vkise.exe

Registry that is not removed:

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

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

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

A way to remove Internet Security Essentials from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Internet Security Essentials is a program released by Comodo. Sometimes, users want to uninstall this application. This can be efortful because doing this manually requires some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK approach 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 on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Internet Security Essentials or simply activate the Search field and type in "Internet Security Essentials". The Internet Security Essentials application will be found automatically. When you select Internet Security Essentials in the list , some data about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Internet Security Essentials, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions 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 window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Internet Security Essentials.


8. After uninstalling Internet Security Essentials, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Internet Security Essentials which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Internet Security Essentials using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Internet Security Essentials by Comodo from your computer, nor are we saying that Internet Security Essentials by Comodo is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Internet Security Essentials in case you want to. 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.