What is setup.exe?

setup.exe is part of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and developed by Malwarebytes Corporation according to the setup.exe version information.

setup.exe's description is "Malwarebytes Anti-Malware"

setup.exe is digitally signed by Malwarebytes Corporation.

setup.exe is usually located in the 'd:\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on setup.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMalwarebytes Anti-Malware
Company nameMalwarebytes Corporation
File descriptionMalwarebytes Anti-Malware
Internal namesetup
Original filenamesetup.exe
CommentsMalwarebytes Anti-Malware
Legal copyright© Malwarebytes Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version1.2.0.30
File version1.2.0.30

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

Product nameMalwarebytes Anti-Malware
Company nameMalwarebytes Corporation
File descriptionMalwarebytes Anti-Malware
Internal namesetup
Original filenamesetup.exe
CommentsMalwarebytes Anti-Malware
Legal copyright© Malwarebytes Corporation. All rig..
Product version1.2.0.30
File version1.2.0.30

Digital signatures [?]

setup.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMalwarebytes Corporation
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number6f36c4b74b4f8ab001f039d692a75b49

VirusTotal report

1 of the 52 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the setup.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Rising PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
1 of the 52 anti-virus programs detected the setup.exe file.

Other files also named setup.exe

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c61dbd97fc37ac799a4847de979b6c32
SHA25684830945f6ddb8184273124bdb93b84e878027bffbb8b801a393187722923978

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.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 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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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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