What is setup.exe?
setup.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as setup program and it is a very common file name for all the software product to install applications. Based on the application it can be installed anywhere in the hard disk. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write the different types of malicious programs and name it as setup.exe to damage the software and hardware.
Affected Platform: Windows OS
How to check if your computer is infected with setup.exe malware?
Malicious authors try to infect the systems with different types of malicious programs. Each form of malicious software is designed to infect the system that creates different issues and impact on the system. One can notice the following changes once the system is infected with setup.exe malware
- If the internet connection fluctuation is high
- If the setup.exe file is taking more of your CPU memory
- If the system performance is very low
- If the system is redirected to some strange websites
- If the system is getting some annoying popup ads
- If the system freezes quiet often
- If it invites the other malware to infect and damage the system and exploits the same to collect the user private information
When one of these happens then you can be sure that your system is infected with setup.exe malware.
How to remove the setup.exe file from system using Comodo Antivirus?
Step 1: Download the award-winning Free Internet Security.
Step 2: Installation configuration frames will be displayed. Select the configuration you would like to apply.
Step 3: Select Customize Configuration option and arrange installers, configuration, and file location.
Step 4: Restart your PC.
Step 5: It will take some time for the Comodo Internet Security to update the antivirus.
Step 6: Proceed with a quick scan that automatically begins after the update.
Step 7: If threats are found during the scanning, you will be prompted with an alert screen.
Step 8: Comodo Antivirus will remove the setup.exe virus from your computer including all other malwares!
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Website Malware Directory Resources:First Seen: 28 March 2025 at 10:02 am
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Synaptics | Executable | a042ce24e4b91e95 ffa400a3c81526c3 1377c990 |
dc5b0d2111f760d1 b123723352292793 |
Virus.Win32. Agent.DE |
No | 1.0.0.4 | 1.0.0.0 |  Poland |
N/A |
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First Seen: 20 January 2014 at 4:27 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 9a7b7b1616519f50 81d2ed723cb23549 675d62d0 |
08d5b98494f2844c cb8bcf3e4c9eb2f8 |
No | 136.0.7096 .0 |
136.0.7096 .0 |
 United States |
| 2 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 581b0f5d4cb8361c 47124a1ef643f0cc 69489503 |
3bf3b28ae615f7c9 5cbd8b78c0272c28 |
Yes | 134.0.3124 .93 |
134.0.3124 .93 |
United States |
| 3 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | f5e8866e1c978a06 83590732c7ca0f87 283af186 |
a0e96c542e811edb 7e6b0b99cdd6dc8f |
No | 136.0.7085 .0 |
136.0.7085 .0 |
United States |
| 4 | Vivaldi Technologies AS | Executable | ad37d3d3558d335d ff4862cc941ff404 9b01ffcc |
57bc16cd06e49f09 bdd75a96df46de12 |
Yes | 7.3.3635.4 | 7.3.3635.4 | United States |
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