Microsoft Security Essentials

A guide to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials from your PC

You can find below details on how to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows. It was coded for Windows by Microsoft Corporation. Further information on Microsoft Corporation can be seen here. Please open http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=195291&mkt=en-us if you want to read more on Microsoft Security Essentials on Microsoft Corporation's website. The application is often placed in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client directory. Keep in mind that this path can differ being determined by the user's choice. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Setup.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Microsoft Security Essentials. Microsoft Security Essentials's main file takes about 958.68 KB (981688 bytes) and is named msseces.exe.

The following executable files are contained in Microsoft Security Essentials. They occupy 3.56 MB (3734424 bytes) on disk.

• MpCmdRun.exe (318.37 KB)
• MsMpEng.exe (21.70 KB)
• msseces.exe (958.68 KB)
• msseoobe.exe (441.18 KB)
• NisSrv.exe (277.84 KB)
• setup.exe (814.57 KB)

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This web page is about Microsoft Security Essentials version 4.8.204.0 only. You can find below info on other versions of Microsoft Security Essentials:

• 4.5.216.0
• 4.6.305.0
• 4.4.304.0
• 4.3.215.0
• 4.1.522.0
• 1.0.2498.0
• 2.1.1116.0
• 4.3.219.0
• 2.0.657.0
• 4.0.1526.0
• 4.3.216.0
• 2.0.719.0
• 4.2.223.1
• 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
• 4.0.1512.0
• 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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When planning to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client

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

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\en-us\EULA.RTF
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\en-us\setupres.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\EppManifest.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\setupres.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\x86\dw20shared.msi
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\x86\epp.msi
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\x86\EppPrepInstall.msi
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\x86\LegitLib.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\x86\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\x86\sqmapi.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\x86\Windows6.0-KB981889-v2.msu
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\x86\Windows6.1-KB981889.msu
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\DbgHelp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Drivers\mpfilter\mpfilter.cat
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Drivers\mpfilter\mpfilter.inf
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Drivers\mpfilter\mpfilter.sys
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Drivers\NisDrv\NisDrvWFP.cat
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Drivers\NisDrv\NisDrvWFP.inf
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Drivers\NisDrv\NisDrvWFP.sys
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\en-us\EULA.RTF
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\en-us\MpAsDesc.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\en-us\mpevmsg.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\en-us\MsMpRes.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\en-us\msseooberes.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\en-us\setupres.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\en-us\shellext.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\EppManifest.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MpAsDesc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MpClient.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MpCmdRun.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MpCommu.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\mpevmsg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MpOAv.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MpRTP.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MpSvc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MSESysprep.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MsMpCom.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MsMpEng.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MsMpLics.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MsMpRes.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\msseces.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\msseoobe.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\msseooberes.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MsseWat.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\NisIpsPlugin.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\NisLog.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\NisSrv.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\NisWFP.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Setup.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\SetupRes.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\shellext.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\SqmApi.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\SymSrv.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\SymSrv.yes

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Security Client

Additional registry values that are not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Drivers\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MsMpSvc\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NisSrv\ImagePath

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

Microsoft Security Essentials is an application marketed by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Some people decide to remove it. Sometimes this is troublesome because deleting this manually takes some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK action to remove 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to optimize your system.

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• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Microsoft Security Essentials or simply click the Search feature and type in "Microsoft Security Essentials". The Microsoft Security Essentials application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Microsoft Security Essentials in the list of applications, some information about the application is shown to you:

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

For instance you can see that for Microsoft Security Essentials:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. 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. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Microsoft Security Essentials that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Microsoft Security Essentials with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall 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 simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.