Microsoft Security Essentials

How to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials from your computer

Microsoft Security Essentials is a Windows program. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. It is developed by Microsoft Corporation. Open here where you can find out more on Microsoft Corporation. Click on http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=228940&mkt=en-us to get more information about Microsoft Security Essentials on Microsoft Corporation's website. Usually the Microsoft Security Essentials program is to be found in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client folder, depending on the user's option during install. 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. Note that you might receive a notification for admin rights. Microsoft Security Essentials's primary file takes about 1.04 MB (1085824 bytes) and its name is setup.exe.

The following executables are installed beside Microsoft Security Essentials. They occupy about 4.45 MB (4665088 bytes) on disk.

• MpCmdRun.exe (307.70 KB)
• MsMpEng.exe (12.50 KB)
• msseces.exe (1.21 MB)
• msseoobe.exe (591.38 KB)
• NisSrv.exe (284.05 KB)
• setup.exe (1.04 MB)

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This info is about Microsoft Security Essentials version 4.0.1111.0 only. For other Microsoft Security Essentials versions please click below:

• 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
• 4.2.223.1
• 2.0.719.0
• 4.0.1538.0
• 1.0.1961.0
• 1.0.1759.0
• 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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When you're planning to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client

The files below remain on your disk by Microsoft Security Essentials's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\amd64\dw20shared.msi
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\amd64\epp.msi
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\amd64\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\amd64\sqmapi.dll

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{84DCD935-B80A-4DBA-8530-F151736F7F8C}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{8C389764-F036-48F2-9AE2-88C260DCF400}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Security Client

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{09A47860-11B0-4DA5-AFA5-26D86198A780}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2781761E-28E1-4109-99FE-B9D127C57AFE}\InprocHandler32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2781761E-28E1-4109-99FE-B9D127C57AFE}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5034A1B7-99A3-43F4-83DB-34B94B13CBA4}\InprocHandler32\

How to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Security Essentials is an application released by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, people choose to remove this program. Sometimes this can be efortful because uninstalling this by hand takes some know-how related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY practice 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Microsoft Security Essentials or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Microsoft Security Essentials". If it exists on your system the Microsoft Security Essentials application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Microsoft Security Essentials in the list of apps, some information regarding the application is shown to you:

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

For instance you can see that for Microsoft Security Essentials:

• The software company 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 window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Microsoft Security Essentials.


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

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, nor are we saying that Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials supposing 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.