Microsoft Security Essentials

A guide to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials from your PC

Microsoft Security Essentials is a software application. This page holds details on how to remove it from your computer. It is written by Microsoft Corporation. You can read more on Microsoft Corporation or check for application updates here. More info about the program Microsoft Security Essentials can be seen at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=154511&mkt=pt-br. The program is often located in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials directory. Keep in mind that this location can differ being determined by the user's decision. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\setup.exe /x is the full command line if you want to remove Microsoft Security Essentials. The application's main executable file occupies 1.04 MB (1093208 bytes) on disk and is labeled msseces.exe.

Microsoft Security Essentials is composed of the following executables which take 3.94 MB (4129384 bytes) on disk:

• MpCmdRun.exe (198.02 KB)
• MsMpEng.exe (17.48 KB)
• msseces.exe (1.04 MB)
• msseoobe.exe (626.51 KB)
• setup.exe (726.62 KB)
• Update.exe (669.77 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.0.1961.0 of Microsoft Security Essentials. You can find below info on other application 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
• 4.0.1526.0
• 2.0.657.0
• 4.3.216.0
• 4.2.223.1
• 2.0.719.0
• 4.0.1538.0
• 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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Quite a few files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be uninstalled when you want to remove Microsoft Security Essentials from your computer.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials from your computer:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\en-us\shellext.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\en-us\UpdateRes.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpAsDesc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpClient.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpCmdRun.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpCommu.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\mpevmsg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpOAv.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpRTP.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpSvc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MSESysprep.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MsMpCom.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MsMpEng.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MsMpLics.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MsMpRes.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\msseces.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\msseoobe.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\msseooberes.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MsseWat.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Setup.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\SetupRes.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\shellext.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Update.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\UpdateRes.dll

How to erase Microsoft Security Essentials from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Security Essentials is an application by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Some users try to uninstall this application. This can be difficult because performing this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK action to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is 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 a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the computer 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". The Microsoft Security Essentials program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Microsoft Security Essentials in the list of apps, some data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Microsoft Security Essentials, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you are about to uninstall, 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=154511&mkt=pt-br
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\setup.exe /x

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials.


8. After uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of 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 are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories 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 piece of advice to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.