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: 12 August 2025 at 3:45 am
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Executable | 307093146990eabd 542376ee45d039d6 0ef550f1 |
6d95b35afc407c94 bbf226fd05b58d92 |
TrojWare.Win 32.VB.QOTY |
No | 1.00 | 1.00 |  United States |
N/A |
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- 32 items per page
First Seen: 07 July 2008 at 7:18 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 6953098b4d94bc41 34d9d96d1c06276d 9e4ebe2c |
467d5f2587dd6dbb 2bb4f0fc0fcb0376 |
No | 141.0.7346 .0 |
141.0.7346 .0 |
United States |
| 2 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 61543ebc263a8676 ad82e2bf11d341d7 2a8c71bf |
fb65fbd3a8800d08 b8d610735ae9df8e |
No | 140.0.7336 .0 |
140.0.7336 .0 |
United States |
| 3 | mozilla.org | Executable | 0ae472f2def8cea9 e6b126da002159ae a39f0e92 |
4d8eb82d297eec1c 553395e0a132e743 |
Yes | 143.0a1 | 143.0a1 | United States |
| 4 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | b162bbaccdf67ea3 f9559aa1caaf39e1 19183c2b |
6246140f6d68f645 878d503c1e0a1280 |
No | 141.0.7346 .0 |
141.0.7346 .0 |
United States |
