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: 05 March 2025 at 12:49 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SEIKO EPSON | Executable | 080dab8cb9e10292 c50f7d5906075c10 3802a19f |
1faf86410f238fb7 c467b3dacdf652f8 |
Virus.Win32. Floxif.A |
No | 2, 0, 0, 1 | 2, 0, 0, 1 |  Indonesia |
N/A |
| 2 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 45e254fb66373214 e807cab375ea6968 e1c6843a |
b1d6efe45fc0a81f b9b91ccd92b8c7ab |
Virus.Win32. Weird.102400 |
No | 12.0.4518. 1014 |
12.0.4518. 1014 |
 37.154.227.210/32 |
N/A |
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First Seen: 14 April 2010 at 6:11 am
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ralf Steinrücken ITecSoft | Executable | ef7edf26855952a6 36b1b30f41424769 3e13c698 |
98b3217c2dfbfe64 cf8e3e6f8ac655e1 |
Yes | 1, 0, 0, 3 | 2, 2, 0, 44 |
 United States |
| 2 | Quite Software | Executable | 1616dd0f70ab6fcc 17d5c23d8a935d51 c1b08518 |
b7c524b5e5ce7c9a 868c5072927de1b9 |
Yes | 6.2.0.0 | 6.2.0.0 | United States |
| 3 | N/A | Executable | 69fe9d3445eb0702 858b10598a3ec063 dc6d5b60 |
fdca4dff551c2f2e bc7fd1aa07c1b7a1 |
Yes | 10.0.30319 .1 built by: RTMRel |
10.0.30319 .1 |
United States |
| 4 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 3216c853ed82e41d fbeb6ca48855fdcd 41478507 |
2af2c1a78542975b 12282aca4300d515 |
Yes | 10.0.40219 .325 built by: SP1LDR |
10.0.40219 .325 |
United States |
