What is newtab_setup.exe?

newtab_setup.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\{ef05beea-3fa0-4ca3-ae48-778234e69c1c}\addons\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected newtab_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.

VirusTotal report

23 of the 51 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the newtab_setup.exe file. That's a 45% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Adware.Dropper.101
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Agent
AntiVir	ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.SGeneric
Avast	Win32:MultiPlug-AI [PUP]
AVG	Generic_r.HY
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Adware.Dropper.101
Comodo	Application.Win32.Multiplug.R
DrWeb	Trojan.Crossrider.4243
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Adware.Dropper.101 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/AdWare.MultiPlug.R
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Adware.Dropper.101
GData	Gen:Variant.Adware.Dropper.101
Ikarus	Win32.SuspectCrc
Malwarebytes	PUP.Optional.MultiPlug.A
McAfee	PUP-FID!A56A3522A095
McAfee-GW-Edition	PUP-FID!A56A3522A095
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Adware.Dropper.101
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Crossrider.cuwgpc
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
Rising	PE:Malware.MultiPlug!6.13CF
Sophos	MultiPlug
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

newtab_setup.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove newtab_setup.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the newtab_setup.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that newtab_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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate newtab_setup.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the newtab_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 newtab_setup.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\lo..-4ca3-ae48-778234e69c1c}\addons\newtab_setup.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the newtab_setup.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If newtab_setup.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If newtab_setup.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If newtab_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 newtab_setup.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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