Microsoft Security Essential Installation Error

Microsoft Security Essentials is a free anti-virus software that can help you prevent and block virus to corrupt your system. It provides your real time security protection against Spywares, viruses and Other malicious software’s.

Microsoft Security Essentials is a free download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology.

There is a very common installation error appears most of the time on your system if you are using any other anti-virus software on your system.

Error

Cannot complete the Microsoft Security Essentials Installation Wizard: Error Code 0x80070002

Solution

The common reason of this error is the presence of any other anti-virus on your system. You need to clean uninstall that anti-virus software before installing Microsoft Security Essentials.

Here are few clean uninstall tools for different anti-virus software’s;

1. Alwil Avast:

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-uninstall-utility.html

2. AVG Anti-Virus

http://www.avg.com/us-en/download-tools
3. Bit Defender

http://www.bitdefender.com/KB333-en–How-to-uninstall-BitDefender.html

4. Norton:

http://service1.symantec.com/support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039?OpenDocument&seg=hm&lg=en&ct=us

5. Kaspersky

http://usa.kaspersky.com/support/home/anti_virus/208279463/?search=remove

6. McAfee Anti-Virus

http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS100507