What is booster.exe?

booster.exe is part of Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the booster.exe version information.

booster.exe's description is "Microsoft Security Client Policy Configuration Tool"

booster.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\pcbooster\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected booster.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.

VirusTotal report

31 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the booster.exe file. That's a 47% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win64.BitCoinMiner.R206643
Avast	Win64:Malware-gen
AVG	Win64:Malware-gen
AVware	RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W64/Trojan.IICW-8708
DrWeb	Trojan.Coinbit.60
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_100%
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win64/BitCoinMiner.CS potentially unsafe
Fortinet	Riskware/BitCoinMiner
GData	Win64.Application.Agent.5SRD5R
Ikarus	PUA.CoinMiner
Jiangmin	RiskTool.BitCoinMiner.egc
K7AntiVirus	Unwanted-Program ( 005110e91 )
K7GW	Unwanted-Program ( 005110e91 )
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner.gen
Malwarebytes	Trojan.BitCoinMiner
MAX	malware (ai score=99)
McAfee	Artemis!6A561676CC9B
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win64.BadFile.jh
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	PUP/RnkBend
Qihoo-360	Win32/Virus.RiskTool.46f
Rising	Trojan.Win32.XMR-Miner!1.ADCC (CLASSIC)
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R00EH07JO17
VIPRE	RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner (not malicious)
Webroot	W32.Malware.Gen
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner.gen

booster.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove booster.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the booster.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that booster.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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate booster.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the booster.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 booster.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\pcbooster\booster.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the booster.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If booster.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If booster.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If booster.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 booster.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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