What is Setup.exe?

Setup.exe is digitally signed by File Setup LCC.

Setup.exe is usually located in the 'c:\documents and settings\%USERNAME%\mis documentos\downloads\java\' 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 [?]

Setup.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

Setup.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameFile Setup LCC
Certificate issuer nameCOMODO RSA Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number0629f30dcecc62a8e72b47625bd36601

VirusTotal report

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

ScannerDetection Name
Agnitum PUA.SoftPulse!
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus,HEUR]/Win32.SoftPulse
Avast Win32:SoftPulse-GQ [PUP]
AVG AdPlugin.HQW
Avira PUA/Softpulse.Gen
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.26DD
ByteHero Virus.Win32.Heur.l
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.Filesetupl.Gen
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Softpulse-377
DrWeb Trojan.Domaiq.175
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/SoftPulse.X potentially unwanted
Ikarus PUA.SoftPulse
Jiangmin AdWare.SoftPulse.cn
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004b90631 )
K7GW Adware ( 004b90631 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse.heur
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dwtfmq
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM17.0.Malware.Gen
Rising PE:Malware.Generic(Thunder)!1.A1C4 [F]
Symantec SAPE.Heur.c99d
VBA32 SScope.Adware.Softpulse
VIPRE Adware.SoftPulse
Zillya Adware.SoftPulseGen.Win32.3
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:\documents and settings\%USERNAME%\mis documentos\downloads\java\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
MD5d712432ef7373068222e611cc92f6055
SHA25683e1577a9c84435311d3d5c74b3c12a8355dc5c04f33dd09d4522e565efb42c1

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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