File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is Setup.
This unsigned Inno Setup installer has circulated widely since 2021, and none of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flagged it.
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Strong evidence · Widely seen for a long time, and nothing harmful found.
This installer appears benign. Obtain it from the official vendor source, and keep your security software enabled while installing.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
Install it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.
No scanner can promise a file is 100% safe.
Reads the latest antivirus results for this file's hash. Nothing is uploaded.
Antivirus results
0 of 69 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 69
- No result 5
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 5y ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
2 points against it and 3 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
None of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this installer, including all major vendors that returned a result. It has been submitted by 455 different sources over more than five years. The sandbox runs showed a typical Inno Setup installation with no injection into other processes.
Detection coverage is adequate, and no engine labels this file as malicious or suspicious. Its long history and broad submission base would normally surface detections if it were harmful. Activity in the test run matches a standard Inno Setup installer that unpacks helper files to a temporary folder. The direct-IP connections point to large cloud and content-delivery ranges, but no complete host-reputation result is available for them. The file is unsigned, so its publisher cannot be confirmed, which limits confidence somewhat.
What We Detected
None of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this installer. Seventeen major antivirus engines returned clean results. The file has been seen since January 2021 from 455 distinct sources.
Threat Behavior
The sandbox runs show an Inno Setup installer that extracts helper libraries, icons and images to a temporary folder. No injection into other processes and no persistence were recorded. The installer made a few direct-IP connections to cloud and CDN ranges. No complete host-reputation result is available for these.
What To Do Now
The installer is unsigned, so download it only from the software's official site. Keep your antivirus enabled during installation, and decline any bundled offers you do not want.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- The installer is unsigned, so no publisher identity backs it. Similar installers built with the same framework have previously drawn adware or game-hack detections.
- The installer made direct-IP connections, and no complete host-reputation result is available for them.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- None of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file.
- It has circulated widely for over five years, submitted by 455 different sources.
- Sandbox activity matches a standard installer, with no high-risk techniques observed.
- The installer carries no digital signature, so its publisher cannot be verified.
- It made direct connections to IP addresses without a recorded domain name.
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. See every source
Chapter 03
What it did in our test
It ran in our isolated test environment; no test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 17sandbox rule tags
- 10spawned processes
- 4network contacts
- 40filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file did when executed
This file was run in a sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Techniques observed in the sandbox
17MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1012
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1033· Reads user info
- T1055· Process injection
- T1056· Keylogging
- T1059· Runs commands
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1083· Scans your files
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1134
- T1140· Deobfuscation
- T1529
- T1564· Hides artifacts
- T1564.003· Hides artifacts
- T1614
- T1614.001
Observed activity
Processes started
10Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
executable.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\executable.exe"executable.tmp"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-O935H.tmp\executable.tmp" /SL5="$20182,1329244,251904,C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\executable.exe"FFC.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-5NINB.tmp\FFC.exe" full29ac1e27a909e4779e7a447da7a5310cb67394b08652c8a159be9ec57ff8a9da.exe%SAMPLEPATH%\29ac1e27a909e4779e7a447da7a5310cb67394b08652c8a159be9ec57ff8a9da.exe29ac1e27a909e4779e7a447da7a5310cb67394b08652c8a159be9ec57ff8a9da.tmp%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\is-O9F0R.tmp\29ac1e27a909e4779e7a447da7a5310cb67394b08652c8a159be9ec57ff8a9da.tmp29ac1e27a909e4779e7a447da7a5310cb67394b08652c8a159be9ec57ff8a9da.tmp%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\is-B7GNC.tmp\29ac1e27a909e4779e7a447da7a5310cb67394b08652c8a159be9ec57ff8a9da.tmp
Show all 10 entries for processes started
29ac1e27a909e4779e7a447da7a5310cb67394b08652c8a159be9ec57ff8a9da.tmp%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\is-GGTHV.tmp\29ac1e27a909e4779e7a447da7a5310cb67394b08652c8a159be9ec57ff8a9da.tmp29ac1e27a909e4779e7a447da7a5310cb67394b08652c8a159be9ec57ff8a9da.tmp%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\is-MAGB8.tmp\29ac1e27a909e4779e7a447da7a5310cb67394b08652c8a159be9ec57ff8a9da.tmp29ac1e27a909e4779e7a447da7a5310cb67394b08652c8a159be9ec57ff8a9da.tmp%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\is-K28LV.tmp\29ac1e27a909e4779e7a447da7a5310cb67394b08652c8a159be9ec57ff8a9da.tmp29ac1e27a909e4779e7a447da7a5310cb67394b08652c8a159be9ec57ff8a9da.tmp%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VJ60R.tmp\29ac1e27a909e4779e7a447da7a5310cb67394b08652c8a159be9ec57ff8a9da.tmp
Network contacts
44 hosts, listed as 4 addresses. Links show the host and path only.
- IP address
23.206.222.123 - IP address
104.112.185.183 - IP address
23.209.116.25 - IP address
23.32.75.16
Files
30Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-JO767.tmp\996E.tmp - Written
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-7U72A.tmp\_isetup\_shfoldr.dll - Written
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-7U72A.tmp\ISDone.dll - Written
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-7U72A.tmp\image.bmp - Written
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-7U72A.tmp\wintb.dll - Written
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-7U72A.tmp\callbackctrl.dll
Show all 30 entries for files
- Written
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-7U72A.tmp\1.ico - Written
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-7U72A.tmp\2.ico - Written
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-7U72A.tmp\3.ico - Written
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-7U72A.tmp\WizardForm.NewIconImage1.ico - Written
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-M15B2.tmp\996E.tmp - Written
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-G2ULK.tmp\_isetup\_shfoldr.dll - Written
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-G2ULK.tmp\ISDone.dll - Written
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-G2ULK.tmp\image.bmp - Written
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-G2ULK.tmp\wintb.dll - Deleted
C:\Windows\System32\spp\store\2.0\cache\cache.dat - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2A47.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2B02.tmp.csv - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2B32.tmp.txt - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER3034.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER3044.tmp.csv - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER3055.tmp.txt - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2AE3.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2AE4.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2BAF.tmp.csv - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2BAE.tmp.csv - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2BDF.tmp.txt - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2BE0.tmp.txt - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER1A68.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER1B24.tmp.csv
Registry and auto-start
5Settings the file changed, including ways to start again after a restart.
- Deleted
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\WmiApRpl\Performance\First Counter - Deleted
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\WmiApRpl\Performance\Last Counter - Deleted
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\WmiApRpl\Performance\First Help - Deleted
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\WmiApRpl\Performance\Last Help - Deleted
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\WmiApRpl\Performance\Object List
Mutexes
10Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.
Local\RstrMgr3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511Local\RstrMgr-3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511-Session0000CTF.LBES.MutexDefaultS-1-5-21-1482476501-1645522239-1417001333-500CTF.Compart.MutexDefaultS-1-5-21-1482476501-1645522239-1417001333-500CTF.Asm.MutexDefaultS-1-5-21-1482476501-1645522239-1417001333-500CTF.Layouts.MutexDefaultS-1-5-21-1482476501-1645522239-1417001333-500
Show all 10 entries for mutexes
CTF.TMD.MutexDefaultS-1-5-21-1482476501-1645522239-1417001333-500CTF.TimListCache.FMPDefaultS-1-5-21-1482476501-1645522239-1417001333-500MUTEX.DefaultS-1-5-21-1482476501-1645522239-1417001333-500MSCTF.Shared.MUTEX.EBHMSCTF.Shared.MUTEX.MAE
Sandbox background — not the file
21The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM process
Explorer.EXEC:\Windows\Explorer.EXE - VM process
services.exeC:\Windows\system32\services.exe - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k DcomLaunch -p - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -p -s LicenseManager - VM process
wuapihost.exeC:\Windows\System32\wuapihost.exe - VM host
23.216.147.76
Show all 21 entries for sandbox background — not the file
- VM host
20.99.132.105 - VM host
a83f:8110:6100:7900:6f00:7500:7400:5000 - VM host
192.168.0.24 - VM host
23.216.147.64 - VM host
20.99.184.37 - VM host
20.99.185.48 - VM host
192.229.211.108 - VM host
20.99.186.246 - VM host
a83f:8110:2203:0:0:0:2203:0 - VM host
192.168.0.14 - VM host
20.69.140.28 - VM host
23.216.81.152 - VM host
23.192.210.9 - VM host
151.101.22.172 - VM host
192.168.0.38
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache. 10 have no saved verdict and were not checked; that is missing coverage, not a finding.
- 634e3907d4a61c2c7098…47e4ceNot checkedno saved verdict
- d92f7c60256509f74e36…62ea29Not checkedno saved verdict
- 41009b294943ce9e1270…0f0207Not checkedno saved verdict
- f3eda901a4926e6d8b09…a370f4Not checkedno saved verdict
- 0c661bad5df7f74a0e82…2267f7Not checkedno saved verdict
- 9884e9d1b4f8a873ccbd…360d87Not checkedno saved verdict
- e1b6f4dc9ba12e110b33…9ff38eNot checkedno saved verdict
- 0911757eecca98408c99…f91ed7Not checkedno saved verdict
- 0176f93f9e9dc776f794…87fe8dNot checkedno saved verdict
- 1cfa41921dce01991640…81391eNot checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
None of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Sep 5, 2026, 4:36 PM UTC
- SHA-256
29ac1e27a909e4779e7a447da7a5310cb67394b08652c8a159be9ec57ff8a9da- SHA-1
6688b7914f7eab799b8a7c2e6455b6fdf7deff2d- MD5
39371b15a0d1022c631c5805b5a7306b
About this file
Setup.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 1.8 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 1.8 MB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Jan 14, 2021On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 455 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 8.00 of 8
First scanned Updated
Verdict history
- Suspicious
- Safeafter a re-check of the saved evidence
Ratings change when antivirus engines, our checks or MalwareTips staff learn more about a file.
Antivirus consensus
0 of 69 engines flagged this file
5 of the 74 engines returned no result for this file (file type not supported, or the scan did not finish), so they did not check it.
- Tier-117 engines0flagged
- Tier-235 engines0flagged
- Low-trust17 engines0flagged
View all 74 engine results
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXClean
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceClean
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctClean
- DrWebClean
- ElasticClean
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusNo result
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoClean
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighClean
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisClean
- TencentClean
- TrapmineClean
- TrellixENSClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootClean
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Low-severity pattern matches — worth noting but not on their own cause for alarm.
VirusTotal's sandbox summary maps this run to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection), but no injected process of the sample's own was recorded (the analysis VM's own WMI adapter, crash handlers and Chrome updater are not counted). VirusTotal maps T1055 on about half of all files no engine flags, so the mapping alone is not evidence of injection.
EvidenceT1055 (sandbox MITRE mapping)
Section entropy & packers
No high-entropy executable section or known packer signature was detected. Data and resource sections can still have high entropy without indicating packed code.
How widely this file has been seen
Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.
Is Setup.exe safe?
What is Setup.exe?
How many antivirus engines detected Setup.exe?
What is the SHA-256 hash of Setup.exe?
Is it safe to install Setup.exe?
How up to date is this analysis of Setup.exe?
Community
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