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: 01 October 2025 at 1:16 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 3737a3401296ed4e c7b7ec8a77579323 67f084cf |
20a8f747aed96a4e 5f304ca5536e1039 |
Virus.Win32. Floxif.A |
Yes | 2.2.30729. 01 |
2.2.30729. 01 |
 37.156.154.113/32 |
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 | mozilla.org | Executable | 5208a462c81dc457 6b2449b82fd4a1b2 c9740f51 |
177521d9293093de 2684ef8bff37d705 |
Yes | 145.0a1 | 145.0a1 |  United States |
| 2 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | c0e8cdd59dd3a196 f4fde6eb86458339 b7c7168e |
74ab088f6cc5c737 31ce1cfc6ac29d0a |
No | 142.0.7443 .0 |
142.0.7443 .0 |
United States |
| 3 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 818a83e3864b6707 bd35313c0fd5e005 424e8689 |
06303d121a7b510a f1636b472f427eb5 |
No | 142.0.7428 .0 |
142.0.7428 .0 |
United States |
| 4 | Pupilla d.o.o. | Executable | ee4c0becab060c85 d6b12e45f7fc1f03 4ee1566b |
868c8e35ea8675bc afb7cdf8f6206cbb |
Yes | 4.0.0.0 | 1.0.0.0 | United States |
