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: 17 May 2025 at 10:22 am
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Executable | 1b46ea99bed243aa e8f8e2c08e3cf5f7 9219c18c |
d6eba7a53c47e2bc fceea0f5e064f8fe |
Worm.Win32.D elf.nj |
No | N/A | N/A |  Bangladesh |
N/A |
| 2 | InstallShield Software Corporation | Executable | 96ed01669221a279 f99bf8cf9b633122 12e8d867 |
2f845a055576d45f 7b68e432df0db5c9 |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | 6, 20, 100, 1362 |
6, 20 |  Poland |
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: 21 April 2009 at 6:31 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 3216c853ed82e41d fbeb6ca48855fdcd 41478507 |
2af2c1a78542975b 12282aca4300d515 |
Yes | 10.0.40219 .325 built by: SP1LDR |
10.0.40219 .325 |
 United States |
| 2 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 3f32a3e0f3071027 c1fb3500edf1d755 ce5f459f |
2e601826f346619d 08465ed38fb62319 |
No | 138.0.7185 .0 |
138.0.7185 .0 |
United States |
| 3 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 3a5597773ed526c4 dabb481f4d8065fb 072f503c |
64bb8e71f5e068cb beb5084ea45bd9d9 |
No | 138.0.7177 .0 |
138.0.7177 .0 |
United States |
| 4 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 78c82a80ebf9c8bf 0c996dd8bc260876 79f77fea |
006f8a615020a4a1 7f5e63801485df46 |
Yes | 10.0.30319 .1 built by: RTMRel |
10.0.30319 .1 |
United States |
