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:
Website Malware Directory Resources:First Seen: 29 March 2026 at 12:19 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Executable | d6f02ca11f3dc2f0 eec0e4a68a9122a5 cea35bf9 |
c9da8a1eda4d74fe 3bbdef809c96b44f |
TrojWare.Win 32.UMal.tvnh x |
Yes | N/A | N/A |  10.165.10.222/32 |
N/A |
| 2 | N/A | Executable | 237da44ce8b687bd 7da9a91018070792 627087e9 |
b1b094c0b3100942 901b6163b8fef68c |
TrojWare.Win 32.VB.QOTY |
No | 1.00 | 1.00 |  Italy |
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: 07 August 2016 at 10:00 am
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mozilla.org | Executable | b6d6e42dbc47cdec 1a6330bbbb2f55d9 4a786411 |
9ac962f905e59fed 8f69514ca8d809f4 |
Yes | 150.0 | 150.0 | 104.238.128.144/32 |
| 2 | mozilla.org | Executable | b41cd973ea4f6f87 fed0bf75dcc5f840 3879f22f |
0fcb7ca23c6521a5 379896eb0628ecf4 |
Yes | 151.0a1 | 151.0a1 | 104.238.128.144/32 |
| 3 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 96484a9e380cbb62 585ec592891845b8 3fdc916f |
90c23ae92f973338 63bfee33ce9f66e7 |
No | 148.0.7762 .0 |
148.0.7762 .0 |
 United States |
| 4 | The Chromium Authors | Executable | 3680c47dfa3a9782 d8d8a37bf293e723 e60dd52d |
ff5734a9c3da93a3 07237a904c898090 |
No | 148.0.7763 .0 |
148.0.7763 .0 |
104.238.128.144/32 |
