ESET Smart Security

A guide to uninstall ESET Smart Security from your PC

You can find below detailed information on how to uninstall ESET Smart Security for Windows. It is developed by ESET, spol s r. o.. Additional info about ESET, spol s r. o. can be read here. ESET Smart Security is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security directory, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the application. The program's main executable file occupies 4.87 MB (5110672 bytes) on disk and is called egui.exe.

The executable files below are part of ESET Smart Security. They take about 13.98 MB (14659408 bytes) on disk.

callmsi.exe (77.20 KB)
CertImporter-1362.exe (158.20 KB)
eCapture.exe (124.51 KB)
ecls.exe (371.96 KB)
ecmd.exe (49.09 KB)
eeclnt.exe (52.61 KB)
egui.exe (4.87 MB)
ekrn.exe (1.28 MB)
speclean.exe (2.82 MB)
SysInspector.exe (2.96 MB)
SysRescue.exe (1.24 MB)

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The current web page applies to ESET Smart Security version 7.0.302.8 alone. You can find below info on other releases of ESET Smart Security:

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Quite a few files, folders and registry data can not be uninstalled when you want to remove ESET Smart Security from your PC.

Directories left on disk:

C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ESET\ESET Smart Security
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ESET\ESET Smart Security

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\callmsi.exe
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\CertImporter-1554.exe
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\DMON.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\eamonm\eamonm.cat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\eamonm\eamonm.inf
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\eamonm\eamonm.sys
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\edevmon\edevmon.cat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\edevmon\edevmon.inf
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\edevmon\edevmon.sys
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\ehdrv\ehdrv.cat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\ehdrv\ehdrv.inf
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\ehdrv\ehdrv.sys
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\epfw\epfw.cat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\epfw\epfw.inf
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\epfw\epfw.sys
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\epfwlwf\EpfwLwf.cat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\epfwlwf\EpfwLwf.inf
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\epfwlwf\EpfwLwf.sys
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\epfwwfp\epfwwfp.cat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\epfwwfp\EpfwWfp.inf
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Drivers\epfwwfp\EpfwWfp.sys
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ecls.exe
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eclsLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ecmd.exe
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eeclnt.exe
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\egui.exe
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiAmon.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiAmonLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiDevmon.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiDevmonLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiDmon.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiDmonLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiEmon.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiEmonLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiEpfw.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiEpfwLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiHips.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiHipsLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiMailPlugins.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiMailPluginsLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiParental.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiParentalLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiProduct.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiProductRcd.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiScan.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiScanLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiSmon.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiSmonLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiUpdate.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eguiUpdateLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eh64.exe
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrnDmonLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrnEpfwLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrnHipsLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrnLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrnMailPluginsLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrnParentalLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrnScanLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrnSmonLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrnUpdateLang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em000_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em000_64.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em001_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em002_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em003_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em004_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em005_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em006_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em006_64.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em008_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em008_64.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em009_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em009_64.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em010_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em015_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em015_64.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em017_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em017_64.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em018_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em018_64.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em019_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em020_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em021_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em022_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em023_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em024_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em028_64.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em031_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em034_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em041_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em042_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em042_64.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\em045_32.dat
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eplgHooks.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eplgOE.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eplgOEEmon.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eplgOELang.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eplgOESmon.dll
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\eplgOESmonLang.dll

Registry that is not removed:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ESET Smart Security - Context Menu Shell Extension
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ESET Smart Security - Context Menu Shell Extension
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drives\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ESET Smart Security - Context Menu Shell Extension
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ESET Smart Security - Context Menu Shell Extension
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A55E34E3C11C89745913E1E58249887B
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{3E43E55A-C11C-4798-9531-1E5E289488B7}

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

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A55E34E3C11C89745913E1E58249887B\ProductName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{3E43E55A-C11C-4798-9531-1E5E289488B7}\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ekrn\ImagePath

How to remove ESET Smart Security from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ESET Smart Security is an application by ESET, spol s r. o.. Sometimes, people decide to uninstall this application. This can be troublesome because doing this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE practice to uninstall ESET Smart Security is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:

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3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools

4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs

5. A list of the applications existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate ESET Smart Security or simply click the Search field and type in "ESET Smart Security". If it exists on your system the ESET Smart Security application will be found very quickly. When you select ESET Smart Security in the list of applications, some data regarding the program is made available to you:

Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding ESET Smart Security, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
Technical information regarding the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove ESET Smart Security.
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8. After removing ESET Smart Security, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of ESET Smart Security which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling ESET Smart Security using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

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The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall ESET Smart Security by ESET, spol s r. o. from your PC, nor are we saying that ESET Smart Security by ESET, spol s r. o. is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall ESET Smart Security in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-06-21 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-21 17:54:34.887

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