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: 03 September 2025 at 10:03 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lavasoft | Executable | 428e45d129291a3c 02454f83dca601cb 77a20a09 |
85f4225bd383146b b3edb99994aeb8fc |
EmailWorm.Wi n32.Runonce. ~v001 |
Yes | 13.905.8.5 7580 |
13.905.8.5 7580 |
 170.245.82.167/32 |
N/A |
Display 4 items per page
- 4 items per page
- 8 items per page
- 16 items per page
- 32 items per page
First Seen: 25 February 2010 at 5:26 am
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | c6f4ec6f91198cc0 5be59d5e4581dc9f b78e45fc |
1ff00935957acff4 ada503a0a3cdc8e2 |
No | 141.0.7377 .0 |
141.0.7377 .0 |
 United States |
| 2 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 38c24dd5031b181f 694b218e66aba9fb 6f3f4b82 |
19afd05f735f1f96 f922c1c54267a6fd |
No | 141.0.7389 .0 |
141.0.7389 .0 |
104.238.128.144/32 |
| 3 | AKApplications | Executable | 270f57eee324ef80 59e86ebb0a9bbe28 599d5210 |
31d8d91fb820eacc 0d982414dd66a05c |
Yes | 5. 5. 150. 0 |
5. 5. 150. 0 |
United States |
| 4 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | c5dff2e7e5fddbb6 b3b6bb36e7c59793 473752e0 |
dc54d2a36f24c717 f66074e3035a68e9 |
No | 141.0.7390 .0 |
141.0.7390 .0 |
104.238.128.144/32 |
