What is Flashplayer Setup.exe?

Flashplayer Setup.exe is digitally signed by Free-mium GmbH.

Flashplayer Setup.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Flashplayer Setup.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Flashplayer Setup.exe:

PropertyValue
File version3.1.0.200

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

File version3.1.0.200

Digital signatures [?]

Flashplayer Setup.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameFree-mium GmbH
Certificate issuer namethawte SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number3af8bc0c86618d48c79383622867ab5f

VirusTotal report

29 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Flashplayer Setup.exe file. That's a 53% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadGuide.11
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[Downloader:not-a-virus,HEUR]/Win32.DownloaderGuide
Arcabit PUP.Adware.AdInstaller
AVG Generic.896
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadGuide.11
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.59CA
Cyren W32/S-a50644a3!Eldorado
DrWeb Adware.Covus.14
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/DownloadGuide.D potentially unwanted
F-Prot W32/S-a50644a3!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
Fortinet Riskware/DownloaderGuide
GData Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadGuide.11
Ikarus PUA.DownloadGuide
K7AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 004ceeee1 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 004ceeee1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DownloaderGuide.j
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.DownloadGuide
McAfee Artemis!9BF4B6195493
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadGuide.11
Panda Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Downloader.073
Rising PE:Adware.DownloadGuide!1.A1DB [F]
Symantec PUA.Downloader
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R047C0OC216
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Adware.Downloadguide.510936.E[h]
29 of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the Flashplayer Setup.exe file.

Flashplayer Setup.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Flashplayer Setup.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Flashplayer Setup.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Flashplayer Setup.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate Flashplayer Setup.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Flashplayer Setup.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate Flashplayer Setup.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\Flashplayer Setup.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Flashplayer Setup.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Flashplayer Setup.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Flashplayer Setup.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If Flashplayer Setup.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that Flashplayer Setup.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD59bf4b6195493f0066c4d3df46de09a37
SHA2563255bd0efeb52417f61b21cf8f304e78c3ce9bcdbb77a21240e0f0da0bd1fc3e

Error Messages

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

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

flashplayer 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.

flashplayer setup.exe has stopped working.

End Program - flashplayer setup.exe. This program is not responding.

flashplayer setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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