What is BoostTray.exe?

BoostTray.exe is part of Driver Booster and developed by IObit according to the BoostTray.exe version information.

BoostTray.exe's description is "Driver Booster"

BoostTray.exe is digitally signed by IObit Information Technology.

BoostTray.exe is usually located in the 'E:\Programy\Driver Booster\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected BoostTray.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on BoostTray.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameDriver Booster
Company nameIObit
File descriptionDriver Booster
Original filenameBoostTray.exe
CommentsDriver Booster
Legal copyright© IObit. All rights reserved.
Legal trademarkIObit
Product version7.0.0
File version7.0.0.207

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameDriver Booster
Company nameIObit
File descriptionDriver Booster
Original filenameBoostTray.exe
CommentsDriver Booster
Legal copyright© IObit. All rights reserved.
Legal trademarkIObit
Product version7.0.0
File version7.0.0.207

Digital signatures [?]

BoostTray.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameIObit Information Technology
Certificate issuer nameSymantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number5cd0502920c27eeaec2a184d0452e53a

VirusTotal report

3 of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the BoostTray.exe file. That's a 4% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
DrWeb Program.Unwanted.2520
eGambit PUP.Optional.IObit
GData Win32.Application.iObit.B
3 of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the BoostTray.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1602841991.421875,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".itext",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "MAD",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 11,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0032436c",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0032436c",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0032436c",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0032436c",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0032436c",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0032436c",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0032436c",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0032436c",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_GROUP_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0033fe24",
                "filetype": "MS Windows icon resource - 8 icons, 256x256",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000076"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_MANIFEST",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00340868",
                "filetype": "XML 1.0 document, ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000352"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_MANIFEST",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00340868",
                "filetype": "XML 1.0 document, ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000352"
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "origin_langid"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.0634429454803467,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4318,
            "time": 3.002842903137207,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4646,
            "time": 1.0101211071014404,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4974,
            "time": 3.011518955230713,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5302,
            "time": 1.6212079524993896,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5630,
            "time": -0.09361696243286133,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 5958,
            "time": 1.0961101055145264,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16800,
            "time": 1.0445671081542969,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 20992,
            "time": 3.0942249298095703,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "ec7357d71cd633ec526255f741a4422b5114c7510ea7d9af317b46d4a3ef568d",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "a82166bc7e28b84f898e64c96605f1f255c68fe0bbb750ed7682f777eab311ed",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

BoostTray.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove BoostTray.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the BoostTray.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that BoostTray.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate BoostTray.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the BoostTray.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate BoostTray.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    E:\Programy\Driver Booster\BoostTray.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the BoostTray.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If BoostTray.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If BoostTray.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If BoostTray.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that BoostTray.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5b4dc71e2e7af19b5cc1a46c4fa1c2518
SHA2561e7a5c1b24849bd27276e32f5b5862dce4ad25a3e5d0f3c0ec0fec65c47cef8f

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to boosttray.exe:

boosttray.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

boosttray.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Driver Booster has stopped working.

End Program - boosttray.exe. This program is not responding.

boosttray.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

boosttray.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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