Microsoft Security Essentials

A guide to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials from your computer

Microsoft Security Essentials is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. It is written by Microsoft Corporation. Further information on Microsoft Corporation can be found here. The application is usually located in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials directory (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\setup.exe /x. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for admin rights. msseces.exe is the Microsoft Security Essentials's main executable file and it occupies approximately 753.21 KB (771288 bytes) on disk.

Microsoft Security Essentials is composed of the following executables which take 2.90 MB (3044256 bytes) on disk:

• MpCmdRun.exe (190.48 KB)
• MsMpEng.exe (17.47 KB)
• msseces.exe (753.21 KB)
• setup.exe (686.84 KB)
• Update.exe (638.08 KB)

This data is about Microsoft Security Essentials version 1.0.1407.0 alone. For other Microsoft Security Essentials versions please click below:

• 4.6.305.0
• 4.4.304.0
• 4.5.216.0
• 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
• 4.2.223.1
• 4.3.216.0
• 2.0.719.0
• 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
• 4.0.1512.0
• 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 remove Microsoft Security Essentials from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Security Essentials is an application by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, people decide to uninstall it. Sometimes this is difficult because doing this by hand takes some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK solution to uninstall 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 on your Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows system.

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• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate 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 program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Microsoft Security Essentials in the list of applications, some information about the application is available to you:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials.


8. After removing Microsoft Security Essentials, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Microsoft Security Essentials that 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 entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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 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. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.