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Should I remove FastAgain PC Booster?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
62% remove it38% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
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How common is it?
Global Rank #14,254
United States Rank #9,148
Reach 0.0203%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 14.03 days
413.78 days >
Average installed length: 217.41 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0 100.00%

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FastAgain PC Booster

What is FastAgain PC Booster?

Caution should be taken when performing any sort of registry cleaning. In addition with today's modern Windows operating systems, the effects of any sort of registry cleaning is negligible.

About  (from Activeris Software)

FastAgain PC Booster downloads fast and easy to install, available for both Microsoft Windows 7(32bit) & 64bit operating system. FastAgain PC Booster, easy to use wizards helps you optimize, your pc in matter of minutes. FastAgain PC Booster offers many customization options, which can help you automate, schedule funct...  Read more

Overview

It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The primary executable is named pcbooster.exe. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 7 files and is usually about 13.55 MB (14,211,358 bytes).
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Starts automatically
  • The wisdom of the experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in FastAgain PC Booster.
PCBooster.exe (6accfc315ff55c983934811451ddee66) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Trend Micro 10.465.07 ADW_FASTAB
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.219 ADW_FASTAB
Bundled relationships

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: Activeris
URL: www.activeris.com
Help link: www.activeris.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\FastAgain PC Booster\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\FastAgain PC Booster\unins000.exe" /silent
Estimated size: 13.55 MB

Program filesFiles installed by FastAgain PC Booster

Program executable:pcbooster.exe
Name:FASTAGAIN PC BOOSTER
Path:C:\Program Files\fastagain pc booster\pcbooster.exe
MD5:5442fea7314de07afa6515732613e7f1
Additional files:
  • PCBUninstall.exe - FASTAGAIN PC BOOSTER
  • RegCleanPro.dll
  • isxdl.dll (by Bjørnar Henden) - ISX Download DLL
  • CleanSchedule.exe
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • PCBooster.exe is scheduled as a task named 'FastAgain PC Boostersch' (runs weekly on Sundays at 1:54 AM).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • PCBooster.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named FastAgain PC Booster.
Startup File (User Run)
  • PCBooster.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'PCBReminder' and executes as C:\Program Files\FastAgain PC Booster\PCBooster.exe -rem.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

PCBooster.exe
Memory:24.29 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.1326779232%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.06091427%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.07176365%
0.015104% average

How do I remove FastAgain PC Booster?

You can uninstall FastAgain PC Booster from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program FastAgain PC Booster, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove FastAgain PC Booster.
  4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 53%
Win XP 0%
  
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
  
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 62%
Keep it 38%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 57.36%
Windows 10 22.19%
Windows Vista 14.71%
Windows XP 5.74%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 41.60%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 12.28%
Windows 8.1 8.02%
Windows 7 Ultimate 7.52%
Windows 8 6.02%
Microsoft Windows XP 5.76%

Distribution by countryGeography

73.95% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 73.95%
  Brazil 4.72%
  Mexico 3.32%
  Canada 2.80%
  France 2.62%
  Australia 2.27%
  Germany 2.10%
  United Kingdom 1.92%
  Norway 0.70%
  India 0.52%
  Spain 0.52%
  Iran 0.52%
  Netherlands 0.52%
  Singapore 0.35%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 35.90%
Dell 26.01%
Acer 13.19%
Toshiba 8.06%
ASUS 5.86%
Samsung 4.03%
Gateway 2.20%
Lenovo 1.83%
Intel 1.47%
American Megatrends 0.73%
Alienware 0.73%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 6.37%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 3.82%
Dell Inspiron 1545 2.55%
HP G60 Notebook PC 2.55%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.55%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.55%

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