What is SoftwareBooster?

SoftwareBooster is software application developed by PremiumSoft. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 62.50% of installations running this operating system. SoftwareBooster's installer is typically 760.00 KB in size and installs around 1 files. The most common release is 2.0.0.1028 with 12.50% of all installations currently using this version.

SoftwareBooster is most popular in the United States with 64.29% of installations residing in this country.

About SoftwareBooster?

SoftwareBooster is a program designed to deliver targeted advertisements based on the user's Internet browsing habits, potentially compromising the user's privacy and online experience. This software may inject ads into the user's browser and generate pop-ups within the Windows operating system. Upon installation, it adds a scheduled task to run in the background when the system boots up, connecting to the Internet to download additional components and potentially introducing other adware and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs).

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in SoftwareBooster.

SoftwareBooster.exe (MD5: deba33db167548f8bbac30f5d78eb168) has been flagged by 43 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	807	Trojan.GenericKD.1867152
Agnitum Outpost	7.1.1	PUA.Downware
AhnLab-V3	2014.11.19	PUP/Win32.Downloader
Antiy-AVL	1.0.0.1	Trojan[Downloader]/Win32.Agent
AVG	2015.0.3285	Downloader.Generic14
Avira	7.11.187.66	Adware/InstallRex.73153
AVware	1.5.0.21	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	4.0.3.141120	PUA.Win32.InstallCore.81
Bitdefender	1.0.20.1620	Trojan.GenericKD.1867152
CAT-QuickHeal	11.14.14.00	TrojanDownloader.Agent.r4
Clam AntiVirus	0.98/21511	Win.Trojan.Agent-795744
Comodo Security	20130	UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web	9.0.0.0324	Adware.Downware.8561
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	8.14.11.20.02	Trojan.GenericKD.1867152
ESET-NOD32	8.10747	Win32/TrojanDownloader.Agent.ACF
Fortinet FortiGate	11/20/2014	W32/Agent.ACF!tr.dldr
F-Prot	v6.4.7.1.166	W32/A-a81f4aca
F-Secure	11.2014-20-11_5	Trojan.GenericKD.1867152
G Data	14.11.24	Trojan.GenericKD.1867152
IKARUS anti.virus	t3scan.1.8.3.0	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent
K7 AntiVirus	13.185.14057	Trojan-Downloader
K7GW	13.185.14064	Trojan-Downloader ( 0048c92d1 )
Kaspersky	14.0.0.2919	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent
Malwarebytes	v2014.11.20.02	Trojan.Downloader
McAfee	5600.6941	RDN/Generic Downloader.x!la
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.6941	BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.bc
MicroWorld-eScan	15.0.0.972	Trojan.GenericKD.1867152
NANO AntiVirus	0.28.6.63474	Riskware.Win32.Downware.dfhshr
Norman	10.20141120	Troj_Generic.VXEQZ
nProtect	14.11.18.01	Trojan-Downloader/W32.Agent.773632.B
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	Trojan.Generic
Rising Antivirus	23.00.65.141118	PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.175192FA!391222010
Sophos	4.98	Troj/Agent-AJEL
SUPERAntiSpyware	10227	Trojan.Agent/Gen-Graftor
Symantec	11/20/2014 rev. 5	SecurityRisk.Downldr
Tencent	1.0.0.1	Win32.Trojan-downloader.Agent.Wvuo
The Hacker	6.8.0.5.496	Trojan/Downloader.Agent.acf
Total Defense	37.0.11288	Win32/Tnega.NEHXPEC
Trend Micro	10.465.20	TROJ_SPNR.0BJ314
TrendMicro-HouseCall	7.2.324	TROJ_SPNR.0BJ314
Vba32 AntiVirus	3.12.26.3	TrojanDownloader.Agent
ViRobot	2011.4.7.4223	Trojan.Win32.A.Downloader.773632.A
Zillya	2.0.0.1986	Downloader.Agent.Win32.223830

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

SoftwareBooster.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named GS-Booster-S-3168119747.

Software Details

URL:

https://givemefilesnow.info

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\ProgramData\trusted publisher\softwarebooster

Uninstaller:

"C:\ProgramData\trusted publisher\softwarebooster\softwarebooster.exe" /uninstall

Size:

760.00 KB

Language:

English

SoftwareBooster Executable Details

Primary executable:

SoftwareBooster.exe

Name:

SoftwareBooster

Path:

C:\ProgramData\trusted publisher\softwarebooster\SoftwareBooster.exe

MD5:

deba33db167548f8bbac30f5d78eb168

SHA-1:

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SHA-256:

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File Type

Filename

MD5

EXE