Microsoft Security Essentials

How to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials from your system

Microsoft Security Essentials is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. It is written by Microsoft Corporation. Check out here where you can get more info on Microsoft Corporation. Please open http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=228940&mkt=en-us if you want to read more on Microsoft Security Essentials on Microsoft Corporation's page. The program is often found in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client directory. Take into account that this path can vary being determined by the user's preference. You can remove Microsoft Security Essentials by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Setup.exe /x. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. setup.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 1.04 MB (1089920 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed along with Microsoft Security Essentials. They take about 4.46 MB (4676864 bytes) on disk.

• MpCmdRun.exe (308.70 KB)
• MsMpEng.exe (12.50 KB)
• msseces.exe (1.21 MB)
• msseoobe.exe (591.38 KB)
• NisSrv.exe (285.05 KB)
• setup.exe (1.04 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 4.0.1512.0 of Microsoft Security Essentials. Click on the links below for other Microsoft Security Essentials versions:

• 4.6.305.0
• 4.4.304.0
• 4.3.215.0
• 4.5.216.0
• 4.1.522.0
• 1.0.2498.0
• 2.1.1116.0
• 2.0.657.0
• 4.3.219.0
• 4.0.1526.0
• 4.2.223.1
• 2.0.719.0
• 4.3.216.0
• 4.0.1538.0
• 1.0.1961.0
• 1.0.1759.0
• 4.0.1111.0
• 1.0.1611.0
• 1.0.1963.0
• 4.7.205.0
• 4.8.201.0
• 2.0.375.0
• 1.0.1500.0
• 4.5
• 1.0.1959.0
• 4.8.204.0
• 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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How to delete Microsoft Security Essentials from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Security Essentials is a program released by Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, people choose to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be troublesome because deleting this by hand takes some know-how related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK practice to uninstall 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Microsoft Security Essentials or simply click the Search field and type in "Microsoft Security Essentials". If it is installed on your PC the Microsoft Security Essentials app will be found automatically. When you click Microsoft Security Essentials in the list of applications, the following data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Microsoft Security Essentials, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Microsoft Security Essentials:

• The publisher is: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=228940&mkt=en-us
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Setup.exe /x

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials.


8. After uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Microsoft Security Essentials which have been left behind will be found 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 items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows 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 computer. This page only 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.