Safe
Old InstallShield-signed installer with zero engine detections and clean sandbox behaviour.
e25cadc80ea5163e0f…cdb01b39bdThe reasoning behind this verdict
The MT AI Engine weighs every signal from this scan — antivirus detections, sandbox behaviour, code signing, prevalence and historical matches — to reach a single, evidence-based verdict.
The complete absence of malicious detections across all engine tiers, combined with a verified commercial signer and long submission history, outweighs the heuristic MITRE flags. Sandbox execution yielded no malicious verdicts and no malicious dropped children. External NSRL reference plus multiple researcher comments labelling the sample benign further support a clean classification.
Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.
engines: 0/74 malicious (17 tier-1 clean)
signing.verified=true, signer='InstallShield Software Corporation'
prevalence.classification='common_old' (6075 submissions)
externalIntel.circl.knownMalicious=null (nsrl_legacy hit)
communityComments[4].text='Photoshop Installer #safe'
- Zero engine detections across 70 reporters
- Verified InstallShield signature
- NSRL legacy reference with no known-malicious flag
- Multiple researcher comments labelling the sample benign
Proceed with normal use; the evidence indicates a clean legacy installer.
What to do now
This file looks safe based on everything we checked.
This file is safe to use.
Good habit: only download files from the official website or an app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- 13.107.39.203
- a83f:8110:3300:3400:3500:3900:3800:3100
- 20.80.129.13
- 192.168.0.45
- a83f:8110:3066:95ff:3066:95ff:3266:95ff
- a83f:8110:0:0:700:700:2800:4000
- 23.59.190.193
- a83f:8110:e5d5:9aff:e5d5:9aff:e5d5:9aff
- 192.168.0.83
- 23.54.49.182
- C:\Program Files (x86)
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\1.3.147.37
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Download\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\92.0.902.67
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Download\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\92.0.902.67\MicrosoftEdge_X64_92.0.902.67_92.0.902.62.exe
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_isdelet.ini
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER615.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER616.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER6E0.tmp.csv
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER6E1.tmp.csv
- CTF.LBES.MutexDefaultS-1-5-21-1482476501-1645522239-1417001333-500
- CTF.Compart.MutexDefaultS-1-5-21-1482476501-1645522239-1417001333-500
- CTF.Asm.MutexDefaultS-1-5-21-1482476501-1645522239-1417001333-500
- CTF.Layouts.MutexDefaultS-1-5-21-1482476501-1645522239-1417001333-500
- CTF.TMD.MutexDefaultS-1-5-21-1482476501-1645522239-1417001333-500
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- 0950336e0d633eb645e0…f636e7Never scannednever seen before
- 027f58ea864ae1bffbb0…430ca0Never scannednever seen before
- dea37666ea6a0d73741e…9e883dNever scannednever seen before
- a3c71159920d066f570f…03d5eaNever scannednever seen before
- 2099f0854585b2115e09…0d7b95Never scannednever seen before
- 3096d8e82917a9b73f32…3cdd5bNever scannednever seen before
- 30e621d2720a1f8b727f…44e8bcNever scannednever seen before
- f2f69d75c8e2d790026c…f926e9Never scannednever seen before
- 67f193c7b2edcd0c93ef…bbaa2dNever scannednever seen before
- 4d5434fc95c38b74a2ac…fea714Never scannednever seen before
1 corroborating signal from researcher-curated sources
YARA & heuristic rule matches
A researcher-curated or high-severity heuristic rule matched this sample. These rules target specific malware families and are near-definitive.
MITRE T1055 (Process Injection) observed — CreateRemoteThread / APC / reflective-DLL injection. The payload is being smuggled into a legitimate process to bypass AV hooks.
Evidence"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\file.exe"Sample contacted 18 external IP address(es) and zero domains. Benign software virtually always uses DNS; no-DNS direct-IP C2 is a strong malware indicator because it bypasses reputation systems and dodges domain-based blocklists.
Evidence13.107.39.203 · a83f:8110:3300:3400:3500:3900:3800:3100 · 20.80.129.13
0 detections across 74 engines
Section entropy & packers
Section-level entropy and packer detection from the PE header. Nothing suspicious here — entropy is within the normal range for unpacked 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.
Forensic fingerprint
- File name
- Setup.exe
- Size
- 105.0 KB
- MIME type
- (unknown)
- Detected type
- Win32 EXE
- SHA-256
- e25cadc80ea5163e0f1c6fd703479469d9f23b47ade244fac5f22bcdb01b39bd
- MD5
- 5b2065fa6f2ec63fe28be26fdb7b0480
- SHA-1
- e6d5fde72e7dd1d6581ff6dc05c4d00c795cd760
- PE imphash
- 052531e33b73e689b62443a5a3b4e9d1
- First seen (VT)
- 7/10/2006, 6:38:49 PM
- Last analysis (VT)
- 7/18/2026, 8:39:33 AM
- First scan (MalwareTips)
- 7/19/2026, 8:15:50 AM
- Last scan (MalwareTips)
- 7/19/2026, 8:15:50 AM
- Code signer
- InstallShield Software Corporationverified
- Community reputation
- +126trusted
Safety FAQ
Common questions about Setup.exe, answered from the scan data above.
- Setup.exe appears safe. 74 of 74 antivirus engines report it clean. It carries a verified digital signature from InstallShield Software Corporation. As a habit, only run files you downloaded from the official source, since attackers sometimes distribute trojanised copies of legitimate software under the same name.
- Setup.exe is a Windows executable program, about 105 KB. Our analysis found no threat indicators for it. It carries a verified digital signature from InstallShield Software Corporation. A file's name can be reused by different files, so we identify it by its cryptographic hash (below).
- None — all 74 antivirus engines we queried report Setup.exe as clean. That's reassuring, though brand-new malware can briefly evade detection before vendors add signatures, so we also weigh the file's behaviour and reputation.
- Yes — Setup.exe carries a valid digital signature from InstallShield Software Corporation, which confirms the file hasn't been tampered with since that publisher signed it. A valid signature is a positive signal, but note that malware is occasionally signed with stolen or abused certificates, so it isn't proof of safety on its own.
- The SHA-256 hash of Setup.exe is e25cadc80ea5163e0f1c6fd703479469d9f23b47ade244fac5f22bcdb01b39bd, and its MD5 is 5b2065fa6f2ec63fe28be26fdb7b0480. This hash is the file's unique fingerprint — two files with the same SHA-256 are identical. Use it to confirm you're looking at exactly this file (not just one with the same name) when comparing against antivirus databases or a download's published checksum.
- Based on this scan, yes — Setup.exe shows no threat indicators and is properly signed. The important caveat is source: make sure you downloaded it from the official website or a trusted store, because attackers sometimes distribute malware-laced copies under a legitimate file's name. If your own antivirus flags it while we report it clean, that is most often a false positive, but verify the source before overriding your antivirus.
- This report reflects the scan run on July 19, 2026. Because a file's hash never changes, the identity of Setup.exe is fixed — but antivirus coverage improves over time, so a file that looks clean today can pick up detections later (and vice-versa). If you need the latest picture, MalwareTips staff can re-run the analysis from scratch.
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