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: 23 April 2025 at 7:48 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 571b8f4bbae0db95 71d61646c395754f 450c42fa |
e3ae313ccb3e9914 6da3e5ea12942525 |
Virus.Win32. Floxif.A |
Yes | 16.0.10730 .20102 |
16.0.10730 .20102 |
 Brazil |
N/A |
| 2 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 01873eba23bdfbf9 0dca94ec17abb409 a4de3aec |
f89e4914683bcebc f1c564fdb371e55a |
Virus.Win32. Floxif.A |
Yes | 16.0.10730 .20102 |
16.0.10730 .20102 |
Brazil |
N/A |
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First Seen: 16 July 2008 at 2:31 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 2af568110fad8898 433265105b872aee c6bfc795 |
39b115246e55f1d7 fc1b0c9a61c8bffe |
No | 137.0.7141 .0 |
137.0.7141 .0 |
 United States |
| 2 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | ee65722ce2a14766 ba13d65df472813a 99e5103d |
4c5a0a1bc530018e 29025a2c702bd021 |
No | 137.0.7141 .0 |
137.0.7141 .0 |
United States |
| 3 | N/A | Executable | ec87a057c257db01 ea227f3a3146518f 8b94633e |
e92c6c7a2e749713 0b28707c61026cb5 |
No | N/A | N/A | United States |
| 4 | N/A | Executable | 6dfde467e706d409 3f54466c1bd5b29c 244d3741 |
5187cf7851608697 8ea2b3472ec0bb17 |
No | N/A | N/A | United States |
