What is the "dxsetup.exe" ? Variant 7152426

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 2 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:
9e970eb020ec22032dbbd0bd8c2c659f
SHA1:
90f13de2a28ab89b835ceb8cbd352adfd5ae3c95
SHA256:
9c9335d2b4aaeea8e780eae30959825aa3412b15257f931d17ad8a78fccde128
Size:
525656
Directory:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Games for Windows - LIVE\Redist\DirectX
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
Norton Security2016-05-12 18:24:13
Kaspersky Free2016-02-10 19:34:50
Bitdefender Antivirus2015-07-05 11:47:36
Avira Desktop2015-03-05 06:48:50
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 8.02015-02-01 15:24:02
Spybot - Search and Destroy2015-02-01 15:24:02
Windows Defender2014-05-15 23:42:47
McAfee Anti-Virus et Anti-Spyware2014-05-11 15:39:08
avast! Antivirus2014-03-30 16:32:08
Microsoft Security Essentials2013-12-16 00:02:24
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User Reviews of the "dxsetup.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %TEMP%\NeroInstallFiles\NERO20111202113636855\ISSetupPrerequisites\{A5D3B160-0EA1-4A57-8D82-C53A853AEB07}\dxsetup.exe (Variant: 19106195)

    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

  • SAFErating from user marke for file D:\resources\redist\DirectX\DXSETUP.exe