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Verdict Suspicious

Analyzed , 15 days ago

Is setup.exe safe? Treat it as suspicious.

Five antivirus engines flagged this unsigned installer, while conflicting sandbox results and possible injection behavior warrant caution without establishing a specific malware…

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Why Suspicious? 5 antivirus engines flag it and one sandbox test run rated it malicious while another found nothing.

Moderate evidence · More than one sign points to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful.

Don't install it until you know where it came from

If it came from a link, an attachment or a stranger, delete it.

What to do now4 steps

Some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. Treat it with caution.

What to do

  1. Don't install it unless you're sure where it came from.

  2. Check where you got it: an unexpected attachment, a link someone sent you or a re-upload is a red flag.

  3. If you can't confirm where it came from, delete it. If you need the program, download it again from the publisher's own website.

If you already installed it

  1. Stop using it, run a full scan with your antivirus and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts.

Not sure what to do?

Ask the MalwareTips community before you run it. If you already ran it, follow the cleanup guide.

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setup.exe: Suspicious — MalwareTips file scan

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Antivirus results

5 of 70 flagged

  • Flagged 5
  • No detection 65
  • No result 5
Filesetup.exe5.6 MBSHA-256 16f475bd8b0b…936c35
  • Code signing Unsigned
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 17d ago
A sandbox test run rated its behaviour as malicious.

Chapter 02

Why we think so

5 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

Analyst conclusion

The unsigned installer drew 5 of 75 engine detections, including one major generic trojan result and a crack-riskware label.

Where this verdict could be wrong5 caveats
  • Only 5 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, and 16 of 17 reporting major antivirus engines did not flag it.
  • The second sandbox run returned clean, so the malicious runtime result lacks sandbox consensus.
  • No malware-specific YARAify rules or MalwareBazaar record corroborated the detections.
  • No inspected file it created has a saved malicious verdict; however, all six child verdicts remain unavailable.
  • The observed domains were sandbox background traffic, not sample-generated connections.

These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.

6 sources checked · all complete. See every source

Chapter 03

What it did in our test

It ran in our isolated test environment; 1 test environment rated what it did as risky.

Test run summary

Capture complete
  • 18sandbox rule tags
  • 3spawned processes
  • 0network contacts
  • 17filesystem & mutex artifacts

What the test run showed

What the file did on a test computer

Confirmed in the test run

  • Moderate concern: Contains packed or scrambled code that is harder to inspect (common in installers too).

  • Moderate concern: Ran commands or a script on the test computer.

  • Moderate concern: Checked whether it was running on a test computer.

  • Note: Read the user name of the test computer.

  • Note: Read basic details of the test computer, such as its Windows version.

  • Note: Looked through folders on the test computer (most installers do this).

  • Note: Loaded extra code modules while running.

Sandbox labels we could not confirm (common in safe files too)

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as code injection, but no injected program was recorded.

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as contacting a server, but no contacted host was recorded.

This file was run on a test computer (a sandbox), not on yours. Labels we could not confirm are listed so you can see them, but they are not treated as evidence against the file.

Recorded behavior

What happened in the test

Grouped by step. The order is not a timeline.

Seen in the test runWorked out from other results

  1. Input file

    The submitted object

    1
    1. Evidence 1 of 5: FileSeen in the test run

      setup.exe

      16f475bd8b0be20dd64d7faf49a9f59699e4dc2c14b436e5ed5b59d030936c35

      Uploaded file

  2. Processes

    What ran

    2
    1. Evidence 2 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run

      setup.exe

      C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-C7PR2.tmp\setup.tmp /SL5=$9014A,4978573,140800,C:\Users\<USER>\Downloads\setup.exe

      Test run
    2. Evidence 3 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run

      setup.exe

      "C:\Users\user\Desktop\setup.exe"

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

  3. Files

    Created or changed

    2
    1. Evidence 4 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run

      setup.tmp

      C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-C7PR2.tmp\setup.tmp

      Test run
    2. Evidence 5 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run

      _setup64.tmp

      C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-HNCLJ.tmp\_isetup\_setup64.tmp

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

5 facts from the test run. See the full activity list.

Chapter 04

Technical details

5 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.

Sources checked

Every check behind this verdict

6 sources checked · all complete. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 75 enginesCompleteRisk signal: 5 of 70 engines flagged it · 5 gave no result Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxesCompleteWorth noting: Combined summary is split: malicious and clean verdicts Details for sandbox run
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerComplete2 contacted hosts checked
Signature rulesYARAify community rules + MalwareTips rulesComplete1 MalwareTips behaviour rule Details for signature rules
Malware sample databaseabuse.ch MalwareBazaarCompleteNot listed
Known-software referenceCIRCL hashlookupCompleteNo match

Engines that flagged it 5

  • GData (major engine)Generic.Trojan.PSEB.7149K8
  • BkavW32.Malware.E1E06090
  • MalwarebytesRiskWare.Crack
  • Paloaltogeneric.ml
  • WebrootW32.Malware.Gen

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Oct 11, 2026, 1:15 PM UTC
SHA-256
16f475bd8b0be20dd64d7faf49a9f59699e4dc2c14b436e5ed5b59d030936c35
SHA-1
bc1e6c6e0cf3150518592de42751c3da194848bd
MD5
273825a6d6ef045c24421d4907a7c7d7

About this file

setup.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 5.6 MB.

Type and size
Win32 EXE · 5.6 MB
Signer
UnsignedNo code signature.
First seen
Oct 9, 2026On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
70 distinct sources
Packer
None detected
Entropy
5.55 of 8

First scanned

Chapter 05

Questions & answers

Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.

Is setup.exe safe, or is it malware?
setup.exe is rated Suspicious: some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. 5 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it. Don't install it unless you're sure where it came from. If you need the software, download a fresh installer from the developer's own website.
What is setup.exe?
setup.exe is a software installer, about 5.6 MB. It carries no version information saying what it is or who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on Oct 9, 2026.
How many antivirus engines detected setup.exe?
5 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag setup.exe, including Malwarebytes and G DATA. We weigh which engines flagged it and what else the scan found, not just the count.
What should I do if I already installed setup.exe?
No infection is confirmed: the rating is a caution, not a malware finding. 1) Check where it came from. If you can't confirm the source, delete it. 2) Run a full scan with your security software. 3) If the scan finds something, follow its removal steps and change passwords you typed on the device since then.
What is the SHA-256 hash of setup.exe?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of setup.exe is 16f475bd8b0be20dd64d7faf49a9f59699e4dc2c14b436e5ed5b59d030936c35, and its MD5 is 273825a6d6ef045c24421d4907a7c7d7. Two files with the same SHA-256 are identical, so use it to check you have exactly this file, not just one with the same name.
How up to date is this analysis of setup.exe?
This report reflects the scan on Oct 11, 2026. A file's fingerprint never changes, but antivirus engines keep learning, so a rating can change later. To get a newer result, scan the file again: we refresh the antivirus results when the saved ones are out of date.
Chapter 06

Community

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