What is Setup.exe?

Setup.exe is part of InstallMate and developed by Tarma Software Research Pty Ltd according to the Setup.exe version information.

Setup.exe's description is "InstallMate® Setup"

Setup.exe is digitally signed by Tarma Software Research Pty Ltd.

Setup.exe is usually located in the 'c:\ProgramData\InstallMate\{8C12422D-5AA2-4332-A1D9-128057F160DB}\' 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 nameInstallMate
Company nameTarma Software Research Pty Ltd
File descriptionInstallMate® Setup
Internal nameSetup
Original filenameSetup.exe
CommentsWinNT (x86) Unicode Lib Rel
Legal copyright© 1990-2013 Tarma Software Research Pty Ltd
Legal trademarkTarma® and InstallMate® are registered trademarks of Tarma Software Research Pty Ltd
Product version7.7.4.4820
File version2013.03.12.1951U

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

Product nameInstallMate
Company nameTarma Software Research Pty Ltd
File descriptionInstallMate® Setup
Internal nameSetup
Original filenameSetup.exe
CommentsWinNT (x86) Unicode Lib Rel
Legal copyright© 1990-2013 Tarma Software Research..
Legal trademarkTarma® and InstallMate® are regist..
Product version7.7.4.4820
File version2013.03.12.1951U

Digital signatures [?]

Setup.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameTarma Software Research Pty Ltd
Certificate issuer nameThawte Code Signing CA - G2
Certificate serial number1f88fbe23c3b9e102a5f728d86e7ac12

VirusTotal report

None of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Setup.exe file.

None of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the Setup.exe file.

Folder name variants

Setup.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\ProgramData\InstallMate\{8C12422D-5AA2-4332-A1D9-128057F160DB}\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named Setup.exe

Setup.exe (201 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e717f6ce3a7429bfa6d7f3cf66737a4b
SHA2567be720a73ba8b084702c89f64a9b295fad92545d6ba781072cc056823f9a7633

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.

InstallMate® Setup 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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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with Setup.exe. 50% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 2 users.

User vote results: There were 1 vote to remove and 1 vote to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with Setup.exe. Only 2 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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