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: 07 January 2025 at 2:11 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | -- | Executable | b240a22c9bba192b dd5d8028cd7f6b24 8452e903 |
e0034240c5385296 0fe9b967c5e12b93 |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2 |  Egypt |
N/A |
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First Seen: 04 June 2008 at 11:06 am
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CELSYS | Executable | 9fb773fb04228389 f65bd613872f8053 5cae1a24 |
18f7668c3c98c244 4fe994f1f17c5356 |
Yes | 3.2.0 | 3.2.0 |  104.238.128.144/32 |
| 2 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 28e387ec88571de1 240aef73c31b1a92 266e545c |
dfbe1b9e59655cd9 5324315de5463a21 |
No | 133.0.6943 .0 |
133.0.6943 .0 |
 United States |
| 3 | Kurt Zimmermann | Executable | 7c2ef0803bf7cbcb f122b364596a20e8 beb353b5 |
089b13d2a14ee357 3f13d0a07f9ddc1c |
Yes | 1.1.2.2 | 1.1.2.2 | United States |
| 4 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | abbf7b3e7831ab22 3517160495325138 2920a983 |
c8787d401a565ae1 c4409e21d61486ee |
No | 134.0.6944 .0 |
134.0.6944 .0 |
104.238.128.144/32 |
