what is masetupcleaner.exe

I am investigating this right now. I received a warning from COMODO that this new program was trying to access the internet. I then found a forum that mentioned this program, MASetupCleaner.exe, is a part of the Samsung media package. I had just installed this package to allow connection of a Samsung Galaxy cellphone to the computer.

I will post more when I know more. Right now, I suspect that this is a safe program. I do not yet know its purpose. It can't be bad to have a clean setup :-)

Just ran into this issue after uninstalling Samsung Kies and wanted to pass what I learned. 

I found that these files were installed by Samsung Kies and not cleaned up after uninstalling.  I ended up moving them into a temporary location.  All files below are in the C:\Windows\SysWOW64 directory.  

Libraries – DLL files:

cis-2.4.dll

issacapi_bs-23.dll

issacapi_pe-2.3.dll

issacapi_se-2.3.dll

MACXMLProto.dll

MaDRM.dll

MaJGUILib.dll

MAMACExtract.dll

MaXMLProto.dll

MK_Lyric.dll

MSCLib.dll

MSFLib.dll

MSLUR71.dll

MTTELECHIP.dll

MTXSYNCICON.dll

muzaf1.dll

muzapp.dll

muzwmts.dll

Audio Plugins - AX files:

3DAudio.ax

muzdecode.ax

muzmp4sp.ax

muzmpgsp.ax

muzoggsp.ax

Executables – EXE files:

MASetupCleaner.exe

muzapp.exe

My guess is that these files were left here because some of the DLLs are shared and other files are reference files for the shared DLLs.  After removing them, I have receive no popups or system errors.

I just installed the Kies package (Kies_2.5.0.12114_1_17.exe) downloaded from Samsung last week.  I installed it on a Windows 8 system that was clean.  There was no MASetupCleaner.EXE on the system.

After completing the Kies installation MASetupCleaner.EXE did show up in the Windows/WOW64 folder.  It had a date of 11/28/2012.  There were several other programs that were also installed in that folder with the same date.  I did a system restart at this time and rechecked.  They were still there.

Next using the control panel, I performed an uninstall of Kies hoping to see that the programs that Kies installed were gone.  No such luck, they are still there.

I then did another restart which resulted in a message that sais "do you want this program to make changes to your system"  Yes or No.  while getting a pen and pencil the message went away.

I then did another restart which failed and required a second try which worked.

Bottom line, I believe this Keis software is a problem and should not be installed.  I will call Samsung on Monday to find out more.  The Software that is the problem is created by MarkAny Inc.  Info can be found by right clicking on the properties of related files and looking at the details.

Just go to MASetupCleaner.EXE in the Windows/SYSWOW64 Folder and remove the file.

Did so and the message disapeared when re-starting my laptop.

Harold++

I have also installed Samsung KEIS and drivers for Samsung Galaxy Note 2.  Did so on a Windows 8 and also Windows 7 System.  Both systems have MASetupCleaner.EXE in the Windows/SYSWOW64 Folder.  I have another Windows 8 system with very little installed.  I will install packages on that system until I see the culprit.

This would not bother me except every once in a while after a power up I get a message asking me to take action on MASetupCleaner I have always declined.  When I see it again I will try an be more specific.

I am suspicious of the Samsung KEIS software.  It does not behave very well.  It takes several attempts to connect successfully and If I leave my phone connected for several hours I get a screen asking me to ACTIVATE Windows.  I have seen this mentioned by others.

I also have had calls saying my computer was trying to access the Internet, but I blew the guys off (not very nicely either) as pranksters or hackers.  They identified themselves as Microsoft Support, but they had foreign accents and were not very believable.

More to come.