Microsoft Security Essentials

A guide to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials from your computer

This web page is about Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is written by Microsoft Corporation. Further information on Microsoft Corporation can be found here. Detailed information about Microsoft Security Essentials can be seen at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=195291&mkt=it-it. Microsoft Security Essentials is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client directory, but this location can differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the program. The full command line for uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Setup.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is called setup.exe and it has a size of 1.04 MB (1095472 bytes).

Microsoft Security Essentials is comprised of the following executables which occupy 4.66 MB (4885096 bytes) on disk:

• MpCmdRun.exe (370.59 KB)
• MsMpEng.exe (23.23 KB)
• msseces.exe (1.27 MB)
• msseoobe.exe (578.20 KB)
• NisSrv.exe (357.92 KB)
• setup.exe (1.04 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 4.7.205.0 of Microsoft Security Essentials. You can find below info on other versions of Microsoft Security Essentials:

• 4.6.305.0
• 4.5.216.0
• 4.4.304.0
• 4.3.215.0
• 1.0.2498.0
• 4.1.522.0
• 2.1.1116.0
• 4.3.219.0
• 2.0.657.0
• 4.0.1526.0
• 4.2.223.1
• 4.3.216.0
• 2.0.719.0
• 4.0.1538.0
• 1.0.1961.0
• 1.0.1759.0
• 4.0.1111.0
• 1.0.1611.0
• 1.0.1963.0
• 4.8.201.0
• 2.0.375.0
• 1.0.1500.0
• 4.5
• 1.0.1959.0
• 4.8.204.0
• 4.0.1512.0
• 1.0.1407.0
• 4.0
• 2.0.522.0
• 4.9.218.0
• 1.0.1501.0
• 4.5.218.0
• 4.10.205.0
• 4.10.209.0
• 1.0.2140.0
• 4.0.1110.0

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

Many times the following registry data will not be removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Security Client

Additional registry values that you should delete:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Drivers\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MsMpSvc\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NisSrv\ImagePath

How to remove Microsoft Security Essentials from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Security Essentials is an application released by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, people want to remove this program. This can be easier said than done because doing this manually requires some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY practice to remove Microsoft 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Microsoft Security Essentials or simply click the Search field and type in "Microsoft Security Essentials". The Microsoft Security Essentials program will be found very quickly. When you select Microsoft Security Essentials in the list of applications, some data about the program is shown to you:

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

For example you can see that for Microsoft Security Essentials:

• The publisher is: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=195291&mkt=it-it
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Setup.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials.


8. After removing Microsoft Security Essentials, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Microsoft Security Essentials that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove Microsoft 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' PCs.