What is setuppending.exe?

setuppending.exe is part of Avira Free Antivirus and developed by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG according to the setuppending.exe version information.

setuppending.exe's description is "Avira Setup Helper"

setuppending.exe is digitally signed by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG.

setuppending.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files\Avira\antivir desktop\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on setuppending.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAvira Free Antivirus
Company nameAvira Operations GmbH & Co. KG
File descriptionAvira Setup Helper
Legal copyright© 2000 - 2013 Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG and its Licensors
Legal trademarkAntiVir® is a registered trademark of Avira GmbH, Germany.
Product version13.6.20.2100
File version13.6.20.2100

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

Product nameAvira Free Antivirus
Company nameAvira Operations GmbH & Co. KG
File descriptionAvira Setup Helper
Legal copyright© 2000 - 2013 Avira Operations GmbH..
Legal trademarkAntiVir® is a registered trademark ..
Product version13.6.20.2100
File version13.6.20.2100

Digital signatures [?]

setuppending.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAvira Operations GmbH & Co. KG
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number54971ff238d2b866f27fc3fe6c9ad577

VirusTotal report

None of the 45 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the setuppending.exe file.

None of the 45 anti-virus programs detected the setuppending.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e5cc0288577e6e0fc1922b0bb734b68b
SHA256e383a2dd2c0e51e0644454ec5674acd895dd6f9a41b6badf562c0cfbbf408b2d

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to setuppending.exe:

setuppending.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

setuppending.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.

Avira Setup Helper has stopped working.

End Program - setuppending.exe. This program is not responding.

setuppending.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

setuppending.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What did other users do?

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Votes
Keep100 %
1
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0

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