what is masetupcleaner.exe

I never saw this MASetup.exe until after I uninstalled KIES. (which doesn't work for ****).

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 got the same message just after uninstalling KIES. I have been using Snappea to manage my phone and then I decided to uninstall KIES as I was no longer using it. I restarted right after uninstall and got the Prompt to allow changes by masetupcleaner. Maybe it's a once off operation to finish removing KIES?

I have joined your club today, after I have installed KIES and then I have replaced it with KIES3 (a more advanced version for mobile devices running on Android 4.3 and later) on my PC.

So far I have declined just once, on the very first apparance, to let MASetupCleaner.exe to run, and the safety question has not shown up on the very next reboot.

Like everyone who has posted in this forum, I have safety scanned the whole directory where that uninvited program file has been stored and I have checked several responses among those reported by Google.

With a little more personal investigation, I have found the webpage published by the Corean software house MarkAny (www.markany.com) that describes their product has been designed to support the Content DRM for Samsung's KIES Media Player:

http://www.markany.com/eng/?page_id=82

My concern for a possible safety threat is now substantially over.

I found this after uninstalling Kies as well...I just searched the drive using Explorer then deleted the masetupcleaner.exe file and ran Ccleaner to permanently delete it along with other items left behind by Samsung Kies uninstall.  Computer is working great now, no boot up messages from Kies.  Whatever you do, don't delete any files from the SysWow64 folder in Windows although that is where the MAsetupcleaner.exe resides.  Hope this helps!