What is SW-Booster.exe?

SW-Booster.exe is usually located in the 'c:\programdata\trusted publisher\gs_booster\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

14 of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the SW-Booster.exe file. That's a 26% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.1720404
AntiVir	TR/Crypt.ZPACK.82722
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
Baidu-International	Adware.Win32.MultiPlug.77
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.1720404
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.1720404 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/AdWare.MultiPlug.Y
F-Secure	Trojan.GenericKD.1720404
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.1720404
Ikarus	Trojan.SuspectCRC
McAfee	Artemis!9DFBB035592E
McAfee-GW-Edition	Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.P
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.1720404
nProtect	Trojan.GenericKD.1720404

SW-Booster.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove SW-Booster.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the SW-Booster.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that SW-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 SW-Booster.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the SW-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 SW-Booster.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\programdata\trusted publisher\gs_booster\SW-Booster.exe

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

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

Filename variants

SW-Booster.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

• PC_Booster.exe
• GS_Booster.exe
• agup[1].exe
• SO_Booster.exe
• usetup.exe

Folder name variants

SW-Booster.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\programdata\trusted publisher\gs_booster\. The most common variants are listed below:

• c:\programdata\trusted publisher\pc_booster\
• C:\ProgramData\Trusted Publisher\SW-Booster\
• c:\programdata\freshapp installer\sw-booster\
• c:\programdata\greenbay app\sw-booster\
• c:\ProgramData\StepAppIt\PC_Booster\
• c:\programdata\stunningsoftware\pc_booster\
• c:\programdata\venusapp software\sw-booster\
• c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\b2562gm5\
• c:\programdata\appday software\so_booster\
• c:\programdata\showappit\sw-booster\
• c:\programdata\venusapp software\pc_booster\
• c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\{554d49bc-526e-41c4-a32f-1a4c8eae6b4a}\addons\

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