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:
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First Seen: 03 July 2008 at 4:32 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HHD Software Ltd. | Executable | 750ff000e853d4a7 d319f14d3d66783c cf48f613 |
e4d2de7ed8228a30 6943046e90a59813 |
Yes | 8.33.0.929 3 |
8.33.00.92 93 |
 United States |
| 2 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | ab51ef4f93117d10 f8a8e1705eb4967c 1ff51e51 |
6803c8e7ddd26420 ab833faca110e8d9 |
No | 144.0.7553 .0 |
144.0.7553 .0 |
United States |
| 3 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | a0859a21aefcc713 17578f526556cad4 1abd4b50 |
5f9fff42c6f59a42 435701667aee8887 |
No | 144.0.7552 .0 |
144.0.7552 .0 |
United States |
| 4 | Kyocera Technology Development | Executable | 7702862be0fbc6e5 0b0a7e8c353f0889 100f1b32 |
42eb415520bb997e a27f9a7aa36d4652 |
No | 1, 2, 11, 4 |
1, 2, 11, 4 |
United States |
