Microsoft Security Essentials

A guide to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials from your system

Microsoft Security Essentials is a software application. This page contains details on how to remove it from your computer. It is developed by Microsoft Corporation. Further information on Microsoft Corporation can be found here. Please follow http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=154511&mkt=es-es if you want to read more on Microsoft Security Essentials on Microsoft Corporation's page. Usually the Microsoft Security Essentials application is placed in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials folder, depending on the user's option during install. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\setup.exe /x is the full command line if you want to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials. msseces.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 1.04 MB (1093208 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are incorporated in Microsoft Security Essentials. They take 3.94 MB (4129912 bytes) on disk.

• MpCmdRun.exe (198.55 KB)
• MsMpEng.exe (17.48 KB)
• msseces.exe (1.04 MB)
• msseoobe.exe (626.50 KB)
• setup.exe (726.62 KB)
• Update.exe (669.77 KB)

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This info is about Microsoft Security Essentials version 1.0.1963.0 only. You can find below a few links to other Microsoft Security Essentials releases:

• 4.6.305.0
• 4.4.304.0
• 4.5.216.0
• 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
• 4.7.205.0
• 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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If you are manually uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials we advise you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials

The files below remain on your disk when you remove Microsoft Security Essentials:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Backup\en-us\SetupRes.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Backup\mp_ambits.msi
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Backup\msse.msi
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Backup\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Backup\setup.ini
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Backup\SetupRes.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Drivers\mpfilter\mpfilter.cat
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Drivers\mpfilter\mpfilter.inf
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Drivers\mpfilter\mpfilter.sys
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Drivers\mpnwmon\mpnwmon.cat
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Drivers\mpnwmon\mpnwmon.inf
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Drivers\mpnwmon\mpnwmon.sys
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\en-us\amhelp.chm
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\en-us\EULA.RTF
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\en-us\MpAsDesc.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\en-us\mpevmsg.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\en-us\MsMpRes.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\en-us\msseooberes.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\en-us\SetupRes.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\en-us\shellext.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\en-us\UpdateRes.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpAsDesc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpClient.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpCmdRun.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpCommu.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\mpevmsg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpOAv.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpRTP.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpSvc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MSESysprep.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MsMpCom.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MsMpEng.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MsMpLics.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MsMpRes.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\msseces.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\msseoobe.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\msseooberes.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MsseWat.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Setup.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\SetupRes.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\shellext.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Update.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\UpdateRes.dll

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F67C9C593FCEAF04498FD5FD6BAB4FD0
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Security Essentials
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Security Essentials

Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F67C9C593FCEAF04498FD5FD6BAB4FD0\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\

A way to delete Microsoft Security Essentials from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Security Essentials is a program marketed by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, people try to erase this program. Sometimes this can be hard because performing this manually takes some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY approach to erase Microsoft Security Essentials is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about 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 a very potent uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find 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 application will be found very quickly. After you select Microsoft Security Essentials in the list of programs, the following information regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Microsoft Security Essentials, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Microsoft Security Essentials:

• The software company is: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=154511&mkt=es-es
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\setup.exe /x

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Microsoft Security Essentials.


8. After uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Microsoft Security Essentials which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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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, we are not saying that Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Microsoft Security Essentials in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.