ESET Smart Security
by ESET
What is ESET Smart Security?
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Overview
ESET Smart Security is published by ESET. You can find out more about ESET Smart Security at its official website or at ESET's website.
How do I clean ESET Smart Security?
ESET Smart Security may store excess, temporary data on your computer that can take up valuable space. It may also store private data such as passwords or browsing history in the registry or on the file system. The easiest way to erase this data is by downloading AppCleaner, it is 100% free and about 1MB in size. A portable version is also available.
Clean ESET Smart Security
with AppCleaner
If you want to clean ESET Smart Security manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are six locations in the file system where ESET Smart Security stores data that can be cleaned.
Files
To clean your file system from files stored by ESET Smart Security and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system locations. First of all, open a command prompt window:
- Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
- Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
- Type cmd
- Hit Enter
Now list all the files stored by ESET Smart Security that can be cleaned:
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Type dir /s %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/ESET/ESET Smart Security/Logs/*
- Windows XP: Type dir /s %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/ESET/ESET Smart Security/Logs/*
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Type dir /s %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/ESET/ESET Smart Security/Oldfiles/*
- Windows XP: Type dir /s %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/ESET/ESET Smart Security/Oldfiles/*
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Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/ESET/ESET Smart Security/Updfiles
- Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/ESET/ESET Smart Security/Updfiles
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Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/ESET/ESET Smart Security/Logs/*
- Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/ProgramData/ESET/ESET Smart Security/Logs/*
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Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/ESET/ESET Smart Security/Oldfiles/*
- Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/ProgramData/ESET/ESET Smart Security/Oldfiles/*
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Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/ESET/ESET Smart Security/Updfiles
- Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/ProgramData/ESET/ESET Smart Security/Updfiles
Once you have identified the files stored by ESET Smart Security that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.