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: 14 October 2026 at 11:12 am
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Executable | 23f22372692a185d 807950367ab34015 365c8387 |
f0091174c9a3c429 b57c613dda88027a |
TrojWare.Win 32.Agent.ehu no |
Yes | N/A | N/A |  10.165.10.222/32 |
N/A |
| 2 | N/A | Executable | 1f6189effecd4bd2 8814137e3949cc08 7787e128 |
075cb45ac6fc5349 bad9b0c7b088255a |
TrojWare.Win 32.Agent.hef wy |
Yes | N/A | N/A | 10.165.10.222/32 |
N/A |
| 3 | N/A | Executable | bc0c685b53dcf4ad b2fc2468f07344a3 63f0abfe |
fea87e5445562be8 5c318129225cdec2 |
TrojWare.Win 32.Egairtiga do.enaix |
Yes | N/A | N/A | 10.165.10.222/32 |
N/A |
| 4 | Protad Solutions, Inc. | Executable | 29226b42df782262 1d8ef4832b2a43b5 79f754b9 |
c3d5a0bfb163ad79 d223e82acafaf2dd |
TrojWare.Win 64.Agent.nxd ws |
No | 1.3.2.1820 5 |
1.3.2.1820 5 |
10.165.10.222/32 |
N/A |
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First Seen: 12 July 2008 at 8:27 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mozilla.org | Executable | ec8d898f045bdc7a fffd7cb2ead3f958 46abc872 |
3cf6122e0766cdb2 d55666a476a8ec5b |
Yes | 160.0a1 | 160.0a1 |  United States |
| 2 | mozilla.org | Executable | a4520433dc617092 b89a9175964f98dc 622dd890 |
5d26f9ac781d91a8 41d09a4ddefa9d62 |
Yes | 160.0a1 | 160.0a1 | United States |
| 3 | Mozilla Corporation | Executable | 952eb727608b70cc a0a2e9d5abad6253 ac494a87 |
9669c101b174ef6b d45e2e6a155d1703 |
Yes | 153.2.0 | 153.2.0 | United States |
| 4 | Mozilla Corporation | Executable | 8dfeb41a1ca8f3e2 c711797cf1758156 9e02b67d |
f3a59d7b3a4daf03 ee3c342a98913e49 |
Yes | 153.2.0 | 153.2.0 | United States |
