What is the "dxsetup.exe" ? Variant 10142670

Our database contains 155 different files for filename dxsetup.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the dxsetup.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name dxsetup.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® DirectX for Windows® and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Microsoft DirectX Setup. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process dxsetup.exe.

dxsetup.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® DirectX for Windows®
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Microsoft DirectX Setup
Version:
4.9.0.904
MD5:
f5443547caac20aa334a88817579270f
SHA1:
3bf8b321c2e43af72307508df417a154c3f1afd5
SHA256:
cdfdc371a373cd0f0daa00db46bae7e19258dd8ef7e521e57be96cbacdbb242f
Size:
525656
Directory:
%COMMONFILES%\Windows Live\.cache\a23459771ccd54502
Operating System:
Windows 7
Occurence:
Medium oc1
Digital Signature:
Microsoft Corporation

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Windows Defender2016-08-26 14:38:32
Microsoft Security Essentials2015-02-12 01:29:39
AVG Internet Security 20152014-11-11 22:09:00
Rising AntiVirus Software2014-11-08 13:56:12
AVG Internet Security 20142014-11-08 13:56:12
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 20142014-09-28 07:27:34
Advanced SystemCare Ultimate2014-09-25 16:58:44
Outpost Security Suite Pro2014-08-06 06:51:50
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 7.02014-07-30 19:33:38
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Is the Process "dxsetup.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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User Reviews of the "dxsetup.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %COMMONFILES%\Windows Live\.cache\959b822d1ce3b2603\dxsetup.exe (Variant: 19053409)

    This executable is the Microsoft DirectX Setup - an installation package for the DirectX pack of drivers and utilities from Microsoft. This package when downloaded and started consequently starts the installation itself. For the DirectX : "Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. Originally, the names of these APIs all began with Direct, such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectSound, and so forth." - check the complete description on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX