Script to uninstall a program on all stations in a domain with a DC Windows Server 2008 R2

Hello
I need to uninstall a software (in this case is Microsoft Security Essential) on 130 computers in a domain where the DC is Windows server 2008 R2. The domain computers are running Windows XP (most of them), Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Can somebody tell me how to do that? I'm not very happy to manually uninstall MSE on all that 130 computers.
I never used scripts and I don't know how to make one.
Thank Tou

Here is a good article on how to remotely uninstall software:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/12/14/use-powershell-to-find-and-uninstall-software.aspx
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