Microsoft Security Essentials

How to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials from your computer

Microsoft Security Essentials is a computer program. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your computer. It is developed by Microsoft Corporation. Open here for more info on Microsoft Corporation. Please follow http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=195291&mkt=it-it if you want to read more on Microsoft Security Essentials on Microsoft Corporation's page. The application is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client folder. Keep in mind that this path can vary being determined by the user's preference. You can uninstall 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 be prompted for administrator rights. Microsoft Security Essentials's main file takes around 909.75 KB (931584 bytes) and its name is msseces.exe.

Microsoft Security Essentials is comprised of the following executables which take 3.37 MB (3528544 bytes) on disk:

• MpCmdRun.exe (252.65 KB)
• MsMpEng.exe (11.28 KB)
• msseces.exe (909.75 KB)
• msseoobe.exe (461.75 KB)
• NisSrv.exe (209.91 KB)
• setup.exe (800.25 KB)

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This web page is about Microsoft Security Essentials version 4.0.1538.0 alone. 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
• 1.0.2498.0
• 4.1.522.0
• 2.1.1116.0
• 4.3.219.0
• 2.0.657.0
• 4.0.1526.0
• 4.3.216.0
• 4.2.223.1
• 2.0.719.0
• 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
• 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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How to delete Microsoft Security Essentials from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Security Essentials is an application marketed by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, people want to remove it. Sometimes this is troublesome because uninstalling this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK approach to remove 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 already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs existing on the computer will appear

6. Navigate 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 app will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Microsoft Security Essentials in the list of applications, some information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Microsoft Security Essentials, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Microsoft Security Essentials:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials.


8. After uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Microsoft Security Essentials which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, nor are we saying that Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Microsoft Security Essentials supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.