EMET
What is EMET?
The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) is a utility that helps prevent vulnerabilities in software from being successfully exploited. EMET achieves this by using security mitigation technologies. These technologies function as special protections and obstacles that an exploit author must defeat to exploit software vulnerabilities. These security mitigation technologies do not guarantee that vulnerabilities cannot be exploited. However, they work to make exploitation as difficult to perform as possible. In many instances, a fully-functional exploit that can bypass EMET may never be dev
About (from Microsoft)
EMET is designed to work with any software, regardless of when it was written or by whom it was written. This includes software that is developed by Microsoft and software that is developed by other vendors. However, you should be aware that some software may be incompatible with EMET. On Windows XP and Windows Server ... Read more
Program details
URL: support.microsoft.com/kb/2458544
Help link: social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/emet/threads
Installation folder: C:\windows\apppatch
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{DE7A5DDF-47B3-42FF-A082-E158DEA37392}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 6.03 MB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by EMET
| Program module: | emet.dll |
| EMET Shim |
| Path: | C:\windows\apppatch\emet.dll |
| MD5: | fa9e1e5b1ef65132cfcd33eeeb02944e |
Additional files:
How do I remove EMET?
You can uninstall EMET from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program EMET, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove EMET.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 73%
Win 7 0%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 2%
Keep it 98%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #5,087
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
75.27% |
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| Windows Vista |
9.48% |
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| Windows 10 |
8.11% |
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| Windows XP |
7.09% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.05% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
47.09% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
13.91% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.41% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
7.57% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
6.90% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
3.25% |
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Geography
64.07% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
64.07% |
| Germany |
10.28% |
| Netherlands |
2.76% |
| United Kingdom |
2.27% |
| Canada |
2.12% |
| Australia |
1.89% |
| Finland |
1.44% |
| Czech Republic |
1.28% |
| Spain |
1.06% |
| Japan |
1.06% |
| Austria |
1.02% |
| Brazil |
0.94% |
| Italy |
0.91% |
| Belgium |
0.83% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Dell |
32.00% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
26.84% |
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| Acer |
11.88% |
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| GIGABYTE |
8.52% |
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| Toshiba |
6.62% |
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| Intel |
4.08% |
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| ASUS |
3.81% |
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| Samsung |
2.45% |
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| Lenovo |
1.36% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.27% |
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| Medion |
1.18% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
6.85% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
6.43% |
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| Dell XPS 8300 |
2.49% |
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| Dell Inspiron 530 |
2.28% |
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| Dell Inspiron 620 |
2.28% |
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| HP G62 Notebook PC |
2.28% |
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About Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a variety of products and services related to computing.
Publisher URL: www.microsoft.com