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: 31 December 2025 at 10:15 am
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BitTorrent Inc. | Executable | 3d61a6db78a2e13c bc3af97ea88dc994 1046035d |
0d9f3efd8763c8d3 4e7b7b5d6672e578 |
TrojWare.Win 32.Amtar.JAO J |
No | N/A | 3.4.2.3712 5 |
 United States |
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 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | d9222daab79b01b8 44d8dfadcbd97692 abf6bcb0 |
0fc4d8c3b3f3bdbf f9e5e996517429b3 |
No | 145.0.7611 .0 |
145.0.7611 .0 |
United States |
| 2 | SeaMonkey e.V. | Executable | ef8b913c2d7c22be fbbe1bea85f089a3 6578c12a |
1749e51f42a98d8d ffe65f77b386669f |
No | 2.53.23 | 2.53.23 | United States |
| 3 | mozilla.org | Executable | f19bc0c6f0682343 ca76a269232c12b3 0306f979 |
99c0e8ba1197af29 d63b3169758bba68 |
Yes | 148.0a1 | 148.0a1 | United States |
| 4 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | fea2a51e269dffb5 f538cd4052116a92 24ef7a58 |
6d6907d48a80f890 fb58c67d74ed2718 |
No | 145.0.7612 .0 |
145.0.7612 .0 |
United States |
