PC_Booster

PC_Booster

Known Adware

by PremiumSoft

What is PC_Booster?

PC_Booster is software application developed by PremiumSoft. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 60.57% of installations running this operating system. PC_Booster's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 9 files. The most common release is 4.3.0.1943 with 0.44% of all installations currently using this version.

PC_Booster is most popular in the United States with 25.20% of installations residing in this country.

About PC_Booster?

This is a web browser ad injection extension designed to deliver various forms of online advertisements, including banners, videos, and context-hyper links to the user's web browser. It is often bundled with third-party download managers and may include potentially unwanted programs (PUPs). The ads are injected on various web pages, not limited to affiliated sites, and the program periodically connects to remote servers to download new ad feeds. It also reports the domains, URLs, and advertisements the user interacts with while browsing the web.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in PC_Booster.

PC_Booster.exe (MD5: 9dfbb035592ea044a4b29977a3f272ff) has been flagged by 20 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.1720404
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.HDC
Avira AntiVir TR/Crypt.ZPACK.82722
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.TGeneric
AVG Generic5
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.MultiPlug.81
Bitdefender Trojan.GenericKD.1720404
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Trojan.GenericKD.1720404
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.MultiPlug.Y
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/MultiPlug
F-Secure Trojan.GenericKD.1720404
G Data Trojan.GenericKD.1720404
IKARUS anti.virus Trojan.SuspectCRC
McAfee Artemis!9DFBB035592E
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.P
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.1720404
nProtect Trojan.GenericKD.1720404
Symantec Trojan.Gen
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Crypt.Hzdr
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • PC_Booster.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named SW-Booster-S-2670295116.

Software Details

URL:
Support:
Installation path:
C:\ProgramData\teddy app\pc_booster
Uninstaller:
"C:\ProgramData\teddy app\pc_booster\pc_booster.exe" /uninstall
Size:
1.00 MB
Language:
English

PC_Booster Executable Details

Primary executable:
PC_Booster.exe
Name:
PC_Booster
Path:
C:\ProgramData\teddy app\pc_booster\PC_Booster.exe
MD5:
9dfbb035592ea044a4b29977a3f272ff
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by PC_Booster
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
4a474d61ab186db9433df8599241df65
DLL
dc8966cbd4c9ee3912c25933dfde740b
DLL
959f4c31267608b470f98c3ccc1702aa
DLL
9ecc7c6e0c5bc062e7be30b0c3b370ec
EXE
5ac332fdfda46868eb455648a7130ed4
DLL
cf498875ba2888ab3ca597c385ed0b96
DLL
129af529c824a97ddec5f18409926340
EXE
a0f75bf8db3e07d7c42d69f38ce3fd25
EXE
9dfbb035592ea044a4b29977a3f272ff