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: 15 February 2019 at 6:36 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Executable | f3bb83dfff865f06 499d655f10a0d79a 969459b5 |
35eac753cf2d693a 7e8c56c57c6d9ff5 |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | N/A | N/A |  103.225.137.42/32 |
N/A |
| 2 | N/A | Executable | 5199757ea030ba0d 594228e02a32aaa9 516cb8a4 |
02aa19620c011258 6501d66809de316a |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | N/A | N/A | 170.254.52.29/32 |
N/A |
| 3 | Macrovision Corporation | Executable | 5aeb9195792127ee f633ba7d761c00c2 4ea11597 |
a7c4e87fc92033d4 15a1b21e0ae64296 |
Virus.Win32. Ramnit.K |
No | 14.0.162 | 14.0 |  Pakistan |
N/A |
| 4 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | c885ebeb64da65ca d9bc99d692a6dd43 da4b37da |
a0ded1aa44db02bc deed06da405ba647 |
Virus.Win32. Floxif.A |
Yes | 12.0.4518. 1014 |
12.0.4518. 1014 |
154.73.203.139/32 |
N/A |
Russian Federation
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First Seen: 03 December 2010 at 3:39 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macrovision Corporation | Executable | 40fc8abc769e8ca3 9c180e181c2963d7 65573f97 |
5c94706d2aeac08b f216179d94fe26b9 |
Yes | 14.0.162 | 14.0 |  United States |
| 2 | N/A | Executable | 0f1cb6a372981a00 4b8352e784b3339c 148cb1d9 |
3b551328bb6be0c8 f88c5313e6dcc5d9 |
No | 12.0.21005 .1 built by: REL |
12.0.21005 .1 |
United States |
| 3 | Mitov Software LLC | Executable | 5ffa311e6a156215 622df7ff94f69bc1 37cb42df |
0e4df59e02690035 a90dd8799ba31e4d |
No | N/A | N/A | United States |
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