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!
Related Resources:
Website Malware Directory Resources:First Seen: 13 July 2025 at 3:53 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Executable | a165b384789d36bb fd5a4ac3a5ff80a8 00d03fd6 |
bdd97f9c8c0fbfa6 4997291f327b46d7 |
Virus.Win32. Floxif.A |
No | N/A | N/A |  37.148.53.112/32 |
N/A |
Display 4 items per page
- 4 items per page
- 8 items per page
- 16 items per page
- 32 items per page
First Seen: 14 April 2010 at 6:11 am
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 8109aff7e7d0c8c1 0a0fff014caffa9c 06791968 |
353356a5db68a395 60a78faf3ba7c325 |
No | 140.0.7291 .0 |
140.0.7291 .0 |
 United States |
| 2 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 7a4d5418d14e3ecb 5431dc6f2a7031d2 090d99ba |
de9a410096c075d5 5680e6a471093b5e |
No | 140.0.7288 .0 |
140.0.7288 .0 |
United States |
| 3 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 71cb2c083bf75a91 dcf064a8455db779 816bbeb8 |
2a3cc306c0785b3b 1b833049ac6ffb50 |
No | 140.0.7290 .0 |
140.0.7290 .0 |
United States |
| 4 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 06240f1b34647565 6fdcabeb46d7529a bd5d84df |
3378abe7a73d3151 388cb87e686f8f66 |
No | 140.0.7297 .0 |
140.0.7297 .0 |
104.238.128.144/32 |
Canada
