Should I remove Boost?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
4% remove it96% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #3,136
United States Rank #2,712
Reach 0.1844%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 8.08 days
238.44 days >
Average installed length: 125.28 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0.2 |
100.00% |
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Boost
What is Boost?
Boost maintains performance and stability by preventing unnecessary programs from consuming system resources and affecting critical programs. When you start to feel your PC become sluggish, don't reboot, simply give your PC an instantaneous Boost with just one click. Boost helps to restore the pep in your PC by removing crapware, bloatware, trialware, bundleware, and adware. Such “crapware” (and yes that’s an industry term) is known to cause system crashes, boot delays and just give your PC an overall sluggish feel. There are many forms of such extraneous software such as unneeded toolbars, adware, tracking programs, and other “free promotional software” to name a few. Think of crapware as being, just a whole mess of clutter that is causing your PC to feel bogged down.
About (from Reason Software Company)
Boost constantly analyzes how you use your PC and what programs are causing it to become sluggish and unresponsive over time. Boost's patent pending technology helps optimize your computer in several ways; from active performance monitoring and real-time analysis to taking performance snapshots and feeding them anonymo... Read more
Overview
- Automatically starts with Windows
Program details
URL: www.boostbyreason.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\Reason\Boost\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{115FB0FD-1A0A-4C26-82A7-A6689A799BB9}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 5.22 MB
Files installed by Boost
| Program executable: | boost.exe |
| Name: | Boost by Reason |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\Reason\Boost\boost.exe |
| MD5: | 2123b7a91d5479b80b6130c84015c740 |
| Taskbar: | Displays an icon in the notification area |
| (From the publisher) “Boost helps to restore the pep in your PC by removing crapware, bloatware, trialware, bundleware, and adware. Such “crapware” (and yes that’s an industry term) is known to cause system crashes, boot delays and just give...” |
Additional files:
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Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.dll (by CodePlex Community) - TaskService (Task Scheduler Wrapper)
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- boost.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Boost'.
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- boost.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Boost.
Startup File (User Run)
- boost.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Boost' and executes as "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Reason\Boost\boost.exe" /autostart.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- boost.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Reason\Boost\boost.exe'.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| boost.exe |
| Memory: | 71.46 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0156202661% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00729786% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00832240% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 13,926,261 | |
| Switches/sec: | 2,829 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 9.6 MB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 851 Bytes | |
OS VERSIONS
Win 10 43%
Win 7 (SP1) 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 4%
Keep it 96%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
46.10% |
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| Windows 10 |
43.31% |
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| Windows XP |
6.14% |
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| Windows Vista |
4.44% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
23.30% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
12.68% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
12.36% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
11.40% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.75% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
5.69% |
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Geography
59.41% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
59.41% |
| United Kingdom |
4.99% |
| Canada |
3.07% |
| India |
2.22% |
| Australia |
2.03% |
| France |
2.01% |
| Netherlands |
1.64% |
| Germany |
1.41% |
| Brazil |
1.23% |
| Italy |
1.16% |
| Iran |
1.13% |
| DK |
0.86% |
| Philippines |
0.76% |
| Sweden |
0.74% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
29.08% |
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| Dell |
20.11% |
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| Acer |
16.87% |
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| ASUS |
9.95% |
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| Toshiba |
7.05% |
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| Lenovo |
5.00% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.71% |
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| Samsung |
2.95% |
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| Intel |
2.73% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.94% |
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| Alienware |
0.90% |
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| Sahara |
0.73% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
5.36% |
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| HP 15 Notebook PC |
4.59% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
3.57% |
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| ASUS All Series |
3.32% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
2.93% |
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| LENOVO QAWGE |
2.55% |
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About (from Reason Software Company Inc.)
By applying innovative techniques used to combat malicious software, Reason is able to restore PC performance through a multi-faceted approach that utilizes Reason's deep understanding of both the Windows Operating System as well as the behavior of third-party programs.
Publisher URL: www.builtwithreason.com