Uninstall ESET Smart Security 5 – Completely Uninstall ESET Smart Security

Tips to Uninstall ESET Smart Security 5

Information of ESET Smart Security 5:

ESET is the most famous antivirus software in the world. ESET wins well reputation in the passed 10 years in the field of anti malware.They have passed a record 70 VB100 tests since 1998 and have sold over 100 million licenses. ESET is invested in long-term success across all platforms, including server-based and mobile security. Smart Security 5 is a significant update of Eset’s suite which provides parental controls, a personal firewall, virus and spyware protection, rootkit detection and removal, spam filters, game modes, device scanning and more. Anyway, there are still many users would like to uninstall ESET Smart Security 5 for some reasons. However, most of them will get troubles to uninstall it completely. They jusy remove the main executable file but still leave the leftovers or some components of ESET Smart Security 5 on the computers. Therefore, next time when they try to start Windows or run other versions of ESET they may receive error message about the previous version of it. That is really a headache problem and you have to re-install / uninstall the software one more time then moreover deleting all the leftovers is very necessary to aviod any error messages in the future.

How to Uninstall ESET Smart Security 5 Manually?

Fortunately, not like Avast! antivirus, ESET Smart Security 5 has build-in uninstaller so that you can uninstall it with the uninstaller from the “All Programs” list.

Step 1. Click “Start” —> “All Programs”—>Uninstall

Step 2. Click “Next” and go on.

Step 3. Select  “Remove” operation.

Step 4. You would receive a message asking you why you uninstall ESET. Please select any one of them and go ahead.

Step 5. Follow the Wizards to uninstall ESET Smart Security 5 till you get message like this.

However, this method only helps you uninstall the main executable file but can not remove all of the leftovers of it. As I mentioned before, you have to delete them in order to aviod error messages appear.

Tings you need to do:

1. Go to C:Program Files and delete the ESET folder, if you have multiple ESET products installed, only delete the one that you want to uninstall from within the ESET products. Change the drive letter to the drive where windows is installed.

ESET, file folder type, C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data
ESET, file folder, C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data
ESET Smart Security, file folder, C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Application Data\ESET
ESET_SMART_SECURITY_LIVE_INST-1CEA047E.pf, C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch

2. Go to Start > Run and type in Regedit to open the registry editor, in the registry editor, navigate to HK_LOCAL_MACHINESoftware and delete the entire ESET key.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu\Programs\ESET\ESET Smart Security, Order – 00E0 45 00 53 00 45 00 54 00 E.S.E.T., 00E8 20 00 53 00 6D 00 61 00 .S.m.a.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache, C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\callmsi.exe – ESET MSI Launcher; C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\egui.exe – ESET GUI
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders, C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ – 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders, C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ESET\ESET Smart Security\Charon\ – 1

Note: If you are not a PC expert and is not quite confidence to edit and delete the registry entries, you should leave them alone and don’t try to modify any one of them because Windows registry entries are very important to PC system. Any little mistake would absolutely slow down the computer and crash the whole PC system. In such situation, you need some third-party software uninstaller which can clean all of the leftovers and components automatically.

How to Uninstall ESET Smart Security 5 Automatically?

Max Uninstaller is a kind of powerful program uninstaller that can uninstall any unwanted programs for you. See how Max Uninstaller works to uninstall ESET Smart Security 5.

Video: Video Guides to Uninstall it With Max Uninstaller

1. Select ESET Smart Security 5 in the Program List, and then ” Run Analysis”

Click “Run Analysis”

2. Click “Complete Uninstall” after the analysis.

Click “Complete Uninstall”

3. Click “Next” and select “Remove” operation.

4. Click “No” to re-start your computer later.

5. Click “Scan Leftovers” and ” Delete Leftovers” to remove all files of ESET Smart Security 5.

Now, ESET Smart Security 5 has been removed from your computer completely.

Max Uninstaller could simply uninstall ESET Smart Security 5 in just a few clicks. It performs a full scan on your computer first and has all associated files and registry entries to be removed, and then your computer is free from the application.

If you cannot uninstall ESET and other unwanted program, or you are still bothered about Data Protection removal. Give Max Uninstaller for a try.  It can help you uninstall any rough or fake programs as you wish, and further ensure your computer’s safety and peak performance.