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: 15 April 2025 at 11:51 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acresso Software Inc. | Executable | 2a340c5a19d4980a f01bb7162df7e8d0 a7b6a827 |
45c60ae639807210 e7c1506d0ea89fac |
Virus.Win32. Floxif.A |
Yes | 16.0.400 | 16.0 |  Europe |
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 | f163b5d545eb3e8a c6ec05c99e2874d9 0ef4ab2a |
a594126d60cbc3b6 57b4864f02798d00 |
No | 137.0.7127 .0 |
137.0.7127 .0 |
 United States |
| 2 | mozilla.org | Executable | 151315d3cc62a411 306253d0bb6cd8e2 4d18d2ec |
b0d6b4f16972358f c894b89884695091 |
Yes | 138.0 | 138.0 | United States |
| 3 | mozilla.org | Executable | 54c64eed27b05e03 32d88d3e724ecf73 ae15f58a |
eabd8ad0026bd398 d64da2f76a458ff6 |
Yes | 138.0 | 138.0 | United States |
| 4 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 7046c5399769fea3 8e6b9d66557ada81 89568a3b |
458f01054c03ec24 c3ba4f11b84f4fb2 |
No | 137.0.7127 .0 |
137.0.7127 .0 |
United States |
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