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: 07 October 2011 at 4:19 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Executable | e18b6cab0e51e9a6 9eb3d86f18ac25fb 079ffe47 |
105426138a3a91cf 149e03bd6661d070 |
MalCrypt.Ind us! |
No | N/A | N/A |  Internal Submission |
N/A |
| 2 | Premium | Executable | e2c9098ddd19d6e5 1a2357c5be6eef93 70dec521 |
9f772d8fb6deb2a4 4c16047371fe7b51 |
Application. Win32.Bundle dz.C |
Yes | 2011.10.4. 2104 |
1.0 |  United States |
N/A |
| 3 | N/A | Executable | 03a9d848544cd7b6 4ee404a5a8d0d380 b1960ce1 |
36af5bddf932bf01 9aea3afc1e3760b8 |
TrojWare.Win 32.Delf.NRJ |
No | N/A | N/A |  Indonesia |
N/A |
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First Seen: 03 July 2008 at 6:48 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Executable | aaf87a06bf813cb4 3b2275f659fa3293 05998baa |
59315788b9a9b7cc 89d9063f8526565f |
No | N/A | N/A | Internal Submission |
| 2 | Indigo Byte Systems, LLC | Executable | dd6226b6b08439d8 966e703ec5a87b8e b0c7567e |
f60ca563ee6fe9e8 88791ab7379b1d83 |
Yes | N/A | 5.0 | United States |
| 3 | Giordano Cantori | Executable | 8762b8912b58fa4a 54af095144bf024b f7d5d780 |
bd783529e9c492d7 73e8b8399d01f1c8 |
No | 2.00.0000 | 2.00.0000 | Internal Submission |
| 4 | InstallShield Software Corporation | Executable | 4f494142e3fb00c6 d6845525cd4540ba 3f7be9ef |
1aeb989e361af85f 5099de3da25457f4 |
No | 6, 31, 100, 1190 |
6, 31 | Internal Submission |
Russian Federation
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