what is masetupcleaner.exe

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.

 

... Marvin, did you have any luck with Samsung after?

I had this problem after installing Kies on my PC in order to fix my daughter's phone. Kies ran like a dog anyway so I was happy to say goodbye.

How did I get rid of MASetup Cleaner? I've got CCleaner on my PC (this is a free tool from Piriform) which hunts down orphan registry items, I found stacks of Samsung debris all over my reg - backed up, cleaned up...all fixed.

I spent several hours yesterday trying to get Kies to work on my Windows Vista computer, largely to no avail. On starting the computer this morning, I got the MAsetupCleaner.exe request.  Being suspicious, I looked up MAsetupCleaner and found this page. As a consequence, I have now uninstalled Kies.

I have quite a few Samsung products, which I find to be of good quality and easy to use but Kies, which is clearly badly produced software, has put a question mark over the company as far as I am concerned.

I found this page, like most people after uninstalling the garbage Kies programme. Up popped the "MASetup" as described hense my search.

If this happens every time I log on I'm going to need some kind soul to advise me how to get rid of this annoyance. Hope someone can help

Same situation as the others.  I got the MASetupCleaner message on the first restart after installing (and deleting) Kies.  I ran a full scan with Microsoft Security Essentials, and it found no problems.  The next restart was clean.  Maybe it takes one restart to complete the uninstall.  I can't think of anything else that I did that would have helped the situation.