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How to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials from your computer

Microsoft Security Essentials is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was created by Microsoft Corporation. Go over here where you can read more on Microsoft Corporation. More information about the software Microsoft Security Essentials can be found at . The program is often installed in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client folder (same installation drive as Windows). Microsoft Security Essentials's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Setup.exe. The application's main executable file has a size of 1.06 MB (1112064 bytes) on disk and is titled setup.exe.

The following executables are installed along with Microsoft Security Essentials. They occupy about 4.71 MB (4937240 bytes) on disk.

  • MpCmdRun.exe (373.19 KB)
  • MsMpEng.exe (23.25 KB)
  • msseces.exe (1.28 MB)
  • msseoobe.exe (578.73 KB)
  • NisSrv.exe (365.57 KB)
  • setup.exe (1.06 MB)
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The information on this page is only about version 4.9.218.0 of Microsoft Security Essentials. Click on the links below for other Microsoft Security Essentials versions:

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Microsoft Security Essentials has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Security Client


A way to delete Microsoft Security Essentials from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Security Essentials is an application released by Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, computer users try to erase this application. This is difficult because performing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK practice 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, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs existing on the computer will be made available 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". If it is installed on your PC the Microsoft Security Essentials program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Microsoft Security Essentials in the list of programs, some information about the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about Microsoft Security Essentials, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the application you are about to remove, 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. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Microsoft Security Essentials.
Uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials


8. After uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Microsoft Security Essentials which 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 are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows Vista (6.0)
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • 10.0
  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows Server 2003 (5.2)
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, nor are we saying that Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove Microsoft Security Essentials supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-06-18 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-18 19:58:06.117