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setup.exe file information

The process ICE Setup or Windows NT Setup Executable or InstallShield (R) Setup Launcher or Setup Launcher ( SETUP.EXE) or Microsoft Setup Bootstrapper or Netopsystems Recomposer for VSE or Alcohol 120% or ATI CIM Application Launcher Module or CaAv Setup Application or WinFixer 2005 Setup Wizard or 32-bit Setup Launcher or MultiInstaller MFC Application or A2XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX or PROMO UNLOCKED or McAfee Preinstaller or Setup Bootstrap for Visual Basic Setup Toolkit or PackageForTheWeb Stub or SuperDAT Stub or Sierra On-Line PreSetup or AutoPlay Media Studio 4.0 Runtime or MS-Setup Setup Exe or Suite Integration Toolkit Executable or SupportSoft Container or fixdown.com or avast! antivirus Update or 16-bit Setup Launcher or Maxis Setup Launcher or Setup program or Sonic Setup Application belongs to the software ICE or Microsoft® Windows® Operating System or InstallShield (R) or Microsoft Setup or InstallShield® or H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH or Setup.exe or Setup.exe" or Netopsystems Recomposer for VSE or Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrontPage or ATI Graphics Accelerators or Musicmatch® Jukebox or hphprld.exe or CaAv Setup Application or WinFixer 2005 Setup Wizard or BitComet or Microsoft Office Small Business Edition or MultiInstaller Application or Setup Program or Outlook Express or Microsoft® Windows Genuine Advantage Validation or Preinstaller Setup or Ipswitch WS_FTP Pro or ATI Catalyst Control Center or DesignPro 5.0 Limited Edition or Microsoft Office Professional Edition or makers or GoToMyPC or ATI Multimedia Center or powerseller or bbccogo or Microsoft® Visual Basic for Windows or Windows® Installer Bootstraper or HP Deskjet Preloaded Printer Drivers or owned or yyyyyyyyyyy or iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii or Belkin Wireless Utility or Workstation Setup or Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition or PackageForTheWeb Stub or Jurassic Park Operation Genesis or Neuber GbR / Setup or Trend Micro Internet Security or EarthLink setup files or SuperDAT Manager or Logitech MouseWare or F-Prot for Windows or Unknown Sierra product or Microsoft Office Professional 2007 (Beta) or VirusScan Enterprise or Microsoft ActiveX Control Pad or Sansa Media Converter or HP Pavillion zv6000 User Guides or Microsoft® Visual Studio® or Setup Launcher ( SETUP.EXE) or SupportSoft Container or prisonhui or Palm Desktop or Project or stub.shark or Neuber GmbH / Setup or avast! Antivirus or IBM ThinkPad Scroll Lock or Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition or Symantec AntiViru or RapidPlayer v3.0 Runtime or Adobe Reader or Microsoft Office Home and Student or Microsoft Visual Studio or Sonic INSTALLit! or Avira RootKit Detection by Hewlett-Packard (www.hp.com) or Microsoft Corporation (www.microsoft.com) or InstallShield Software Corporation (www.installshield.com) or InstallShield Corporation, Inc or H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH (www.free-av.com) or Netopsystems AG or Alcohol Soft Development Team or ATI Technologies Inc (www.ati.com) or Computer Associates International, Inc (www.ca.com) or WinSoftware Ltd or KYE or A1XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX or gacald@ or Block Financial Corp or McAfee or Avery Dennison or Citrix Systems, Inc or w00t or Macrovision Corporation or Softwin (www.bitdefender.com) or Hewlett-Packard Company (www.hp.com) or WhenU.com, Inc (www.whenu.com) or Avira GmbH or Symantec Corporation (www.symantec.com) or Universal Interactive or Alexander Neuber und Matthias Neuber or Trend Micro Incorporated (www.trendmicro.com) or EarthLink or Network Associates, Inc (nai.com) or Sierra On-Line or Indigo Rose Corporation (www.indigorose.com) or Netopsystems Ltd or SupportSoft, Inc (www.supportsoft.com) or Lexmark (www.lexmark.com) or Sonic Solutions (www.sonic.com) or Keygen or Palm, Inc or Intel Corporation (www.intel.com) or A. & M. Neuber Software or Xstream Software Inc or Maxis, Inc or Adobe Systems Incorporated (www.adobe.com) or Neuber GmbH.

Description: setup.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows XP are 32768 bytes (15% of all occurrence), 116880 bytes, 168448 bytes, 137728 bytes, 107512 bytes, 139264 bytes, 56320 bytes, 65536 bytes, 40960 bytes, 121064 bytes, 117200 bytes, 12288 bytes, 43504 bytes, 73504 bytes, 122368 bytes, 60416 bytes, 229376 bytes, 40448 bytes, 45312 bytes, 106496 bytes, 249856 bytes, 73728 bytes, 45568 bytes, 118736 bytes, 585768 bytes, 13179660 bytes, 225280 bytes, 4592608 bytes, 109712 bytes, 46080 bytes, 433152 bytes.
The file is not a Windows system file. The program is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce, HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Runonce, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx). Therefore the technical security rating is 38% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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If setup.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Documents and Settings" then the security rating is 40% dangerous. File size is 13179660 bytes (8% of all occurrence), 32768 bytes, 73728 bytes, 45312 bytes, 208896 bytes, 60416 bytes, 44608 bytes, 45360 bytes, 59904 bytes, 131072 bytes, 557056 bytes, 110592 bytes, 553008 bytes, 2063526 bytes, 148480 bytes, 229376 bytes, 262144 bytes, 462848 bytes, 2210425 bytes, 44928 bytes, 71680 bytes, 61440 bytes, 54944 bytes, 2460376 bytes, 8541859 bytes, 8532052 bytes, 438312 bytes, 647168 bytes, 1858724 bytes, 3224168 bytes, 271912 bytes, 89600 bytes, 46080 bytes. setup.exe is not a Windows core file. The program has no visible window.

If setup.exe is located in C:\ then the security rating is 51% dangerous. File size is 24576 bytes (34% of all occurrence), 36864 bytes, 1073152 bytes, 416824 bytes, 831488 bytes, 31168 bytes, 102400 bytes, 34816 bytes, 98296 bytes, 122581 bytes, 1146880 bytes, 37681 bytes, 121064 bytes. It is not a Windows core file. The program has no visible window. There is no description of the program. setup.exe is able to record inputs.

If setup.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\ then the security rating is 44% dangerous. File size is 365320 bytes (28% of all occurrence), 5192699 bytes, 122368 bytes, 45312 bytes, 24576 bytes, 56320 bytes.

If setup.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows then the security rating is 72% dangerous. File size is 111174 bytes (60% of all occurrence), 205248 bytes.

If setup.exe is located in a subfolder of the "My Files" folder then the security rating is 42% dangerous. File size is 49152 bytes (50% of all occurrence), 59904 bytes.

If setup.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32 then the security rating is 6% dangerous. File size is 23040 bytes.

If setup.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows then the security rating is 72% dangerous. File size is 57344 bytes.

If setup.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows\System32 then the security rating is 0% dangerous. File size is 23040 bytes.

If setup.exe is located in a not identifiable folder then the security rating is 2% dangerous. File size is 107616 bytes.

External information from Paul Collins:
There are different files with the same name:

• "InstallNAIProduct": Could be related to Network Associates Inc who own the McAfee VirusScan product amongst others. This was found in a directory called "VSC". Could it be an installation that failed and "SETUP.EXE" was left to run at startup as an error?
• "MM Install": Possibly Money Manager from Moneysoft?
• "RjLyraInstaller": ??
• "Tango": Tango Broadband access software. Is it required?
• "Windows Accelerators" can run at start up. KeySpy keylogger (monitoring program). Given a "U" recommendation because it depends if you intentionally installed it. If you didn't treat it as "X" and uninstall or remove

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