What is Setup.exe?

Setup.exe is digitally signed by Digital Plugin SL.

Setup.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Setup.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Setup.exe:

PropertyValue
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2014
Product version1.0.0.1
File version1.0.0.1

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2014
Product version1.0.0.1
File version1.0.0.1

Digital signatures [?]

Setup.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameDigital Plugin SL
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number457a2c44f936dd8eef974afc80e53578

VirusTotal report

26 of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Setup.exe file. That's a 48% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Adware.Agent.OLP
Agnitum Riskware.Agent!
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[Downloader:not-a-virus]/Win32.LMN
AVG Generic.C6A
Avira APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender Adware.Agent.OLP
ClamAV Win.Adware.Agent-16335
Emsisoft Adware.Agent.OLP (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/SoftPulse.O
F-Secure Adware.Agent.OLP
GData Adware.Agent.OLP
Ikarus PUA.SoftPulse
K7AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 0040f94e1 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 0040f94e1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.LMN.aff
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
McAfee SoftPulse
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.CryptDoma.tc
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.Agent.OLP
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dfwfat
nProtect Adware.Agent.OLP
Sophos SoftPulse
VBA32 BScope.Adware.Softpulse
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Zillya Adware.Agent.Win32.13908
26 of the 54 anti-virus programs detected the Setup.exe file.

Setup.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Setup.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Setup.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Setup.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate Setup.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Setup.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate Setup.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\Setup.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Setup.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Setup.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Setup.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If Setup.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that Setup.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5152bda4af2b66189022ec8037ff93b67
SHA256c6039263651e628957d7d85e3106fc5bbaa9ebc150bbf89a99c801af3028225b

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to setup.exe:

setup.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

setup.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

setup.exe has stopped working.

End Program - setup.exe. This program is not responding.

setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

setup.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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