What is setup.exe?

setup.exe is part of Google Chrome Installer and developed by Google Inc. according to the setup.exe version information.

setup.exe's description is "Google Chrome Installer"

setup.exe is digitally signed by Google Inc.

setup.exe is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\62.0.3202.94\Installer\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about setup.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on setup.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameGoogle Chrome Installer
Company nameGoogle Inc.
File descriptionGoogle Chrome Installer
Internal namesetup
Legal copyrightCopyright 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
Product version62.0.3202.94
File version62.0.3202.94

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

Product nameGoogle Chrome Installer
Company nameGoogle Inc.
File descriptionGoogle Chrome Installer
Internal namesetup
Legal copyrightCopyright 2016 Google Inc. All right..
Product version62.0.3202.94
File version62.0.3202.94

Digital signatures [?]

setup.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameGoogle Inc
Certificate issuer nameSymantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number2a9c21acaaa63a3c58a7b9322bee948d

VirusTotal report

None of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the setup.exe file.

None of the 67 anti-virus programs detected the setup.exe file.

Filename variants

setup.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Folder name variants

setup.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\62.0.3202.94\Installer\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named setup.exe

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD52e5534673ca7da73a47453bce72bdb89
SHA256c44c4a2a4c98ef90f221f0e5a176ef8635ccc2cac2697479c886d1202b8f5ea6

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.

Google Chrome Installer 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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