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A guide to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials from your system

You can find below details on how to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Microsoft Corporation. Additional info about Microsoft Corporation can be seen here. Click on to get more information about Microsoft Security Essentials on Microsoft Corporation's website. The program is often located in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client directory (same installation drive as Windows). C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Setup.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials. The program's main executable file is labeled msseces.exe and its approximative size is 957.65 KB (980632 bytes).

The following executable files are incorporated in Microsoft Security Essentials. They take 3.56 MB (3727936 bytes) on disk.

  • MpCmdRun.exe (312.21 KB)
  • MsMpEng.exe (21.66 KB)
  • msseces.exe (957.65 KB)
  • msseoobe.exe (442.15 KB)
  • NisSrv.exe (277.81 KB)
  • setup.exe (814.54 KB)
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The current page applies to Microsoft Security Essentials version 4.8.201.0 only. For other Microsoft Security Essentials versions please click below:

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How to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Security Essentials is an application by Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, computer users want to erase this program. Sometimes this is difficult because doing this manually requires some skill regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK action to erase Microsoft 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 Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Microsoft Security Essentials or simply activate the Search field and type in "Microsoft Security Essentials". The Microsoft Security Essentials app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Microsoft Security Essentials in the list , the following information about the application is shown to you:


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





  • The software company is: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=195291&mkt=en-us
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Setup.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials.
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8. After removing Microsoft Security Essentials, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong 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 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 ready to run without errors or problems.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-07-21 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-07-21 15:48:16.227