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!
Related Resources:
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First Seen: 18 September 2008 at 1:19 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 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 4e371fdea1258f50 8a956b9a7dd58e3a ee9a67a4 |
f9eef088eced778b d54b716b0459fa8d |
Yes | 9.0.21022. 8 built by: RTM |
9.0.21022. 8 |
United States |
| 3 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 2e784ffa0e31dfd5 8c555acd8ca7f484 616f81c8 |
deb03164abfb28b8 6890eae2854936ff |
No | 145.0.7587 .0 |
145.0.7587 .0 |
United States |
| 4 | InventoryPlus.in | Executable | 90226e87dfbc8322 d465310ba5d0e9ed 2d72d681 |
4047da9eb5461303 9e8cc6ea05c1f3c9 |
Yes | 2.6.0.3 | 2.6.0.3 | United States |
